Malaysia's Human Resources Minister S Subramaniam has slapped a lawsuit on the publisher of a local Tamil daily and a leader of his Malaysian-Indian dominated party for allegedly defaming him by publishing "false" articles. Subramaniam has named Tamil newspaper Makkal Osai's publisher Makkal Osai Sdn Bhd, its printer FKZ Printing Sdn Bhd and its rter K Devandran as defendants in his suit, along with former Malaysian Indian Congress division chairman V Subramaniam.
Subramanian claimed the defendants had published, printed and or caused the publication or circulation of three "false articles" in the Tamil newspaper on his personal and official capacity with malicious intent, Star online reported on Monday.
The minister who is also MIC vice-president contended that the articles published by the newspaper this year implied that he was not a qualified leader, was a hypocrite, and an untrustworthy politician, Star said.
