KUALA LUMPUR: Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob has confirmed lodging a police report over an article that he deemed to be slanderous.
Speaking at his daily press conference, he said it was a personal matter but confirmed that he had lodged the report through his aide. When contacted, one of his aides told FMT that the report was lodged against a news portal.
“There was a report which I consider to be slanderous,” said Ismail. “I was informed that it was planned with the aim of slandering government leaders. I am one of those linked (in the article).
“As a politician, I am used to this, but we cannot allow slander. So it has been reported to the police. We’ll leave it to the cops,” he said when questioned about his report.
FMT is waiting for more information from his aide.