Shahrim filed the suit against Razman Hakimi Abdullah over several statements made on Facebook and X in 2020, which he deemed “outrageous, baseless, dreadful and totally unacceptable”.

According to the statement of claim, Razman is said to have alleged that Shahrim was a Pakatan Harapan “lackey”, “spy” and political appointee of the previous PH government.

Razman is alleged to have made the remarks in several Facebook posts on March 10 and July 16, 2020.

This was in reference to Shahrim’s appointment as a board member of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros). He was a member of the Miros board from January 2019 to January 2022.

The statement of claim said Razman had also claimed that Shahrim was the son of former Batu Berendam MP Tamrin Ghafar in an X post on Aug 29, 2020.

Razman is expected to file his statement of defence tomorrow, according to Ong & Partners, the legal firm representing Shahrim.

Shahrim is seeking general, special and exemplary damages from the defendant as well as an injunction barring him from repeating the impugned statements on any platform.