Even though The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has instructed Raja Petra Kamaruddin to remove three baseless articles regarding billionaire Robert Kuok, which The Malaysia Today has duly complied with, Robert Kuok still has pledged to take legal action against online blog Malaysia Today and Raja Petra for spreading false allegations in three articles it published.
Baling MP Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim who thinks he has been defamed by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, is also suing the later for defamation over allegations that Azeez was linked to the controversial Penang undersea tunnel and three main roads project.
So my question is, why Najib Razak is not taking any legal action against Wall Street Journal, the Economist, MSNBC and Tempo?
Headlines of many local media on 5.7.2015 said “Najib to sue WSJ Tuesday”. Najib‘s cabinet has also supported him fully to sue WSJ. His political secretary described the accusation of WSJ as a “criminal defamation”.
But how many Tuesday has passed, no legal action has been taken.
And now, The Economist and MSNBC, openly calling Najib a thief. If Robert Kuok cares to sue Raja Petra, a self-exiled bankrupt, for defamation to clear his name, why Najib, not only a leader of 32 million Malaysians, but also the 2nd most influential Muslim leader around the world, why he is so reluctant to take legal action against these international media, if their reports are indeed defamatory and malicious?
Is it because Najib Razak is a soft-hearted leader who does not agree with suing media?
No, that’s not true.
Najib Razak not only sue Tony Pua (PJ Utara MP), Rafizi Ramli (Pandan MP), Tun Ling Liong Sik (ex-MCA President) for defamation, he also sues Harakah and Malaysiakini. So why suing people and media in Malaysia but not overseas? Surely, it is not because he cannot afford it.