Lim Lip Eng also wants Annuar to be investigated under several sections of the Penal Code, including criminal defamation and issuing statements to incite fear among others.

“I also want Annuar to be probed for abuse of network facilities and other related offences,” the Kepong MP said in his police report that was lodged this afternoon.

Last Thursday, Annuar, who recently joined PAS, had linked Kit Siang to the deadly May 13 riots.

It was reported that the former federal territories minister cited a book that supposedly contained a compilation of Kit Siang’s speeches.

“It includes one while the killings were taking place in Kampung Baru. Lim (Kit Siang) was giving a speech in Kota Kinabalu, still fanning the flames for Bumiputera and non-Bumiputera issues,” Annuar was quoted as saying at a PAS ceramah in Bachok, Kelantan.

Kit Siang then denied the existence of such a book, stating that it was a “figment of Annuar’s imagination.”

The former Iskandar Puteri MP has since asked his lawyers to sue Annuar and demand compensation instead of a mere apology.

Yesterday, Annuar stood by his claim against the DAP veteran, and challenged him to expedite the suit, saying he had “chosen the wrong man to sue”.