Chow sues Tan Kok Ping over land sale remarks

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Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow claims the tycoon’s remarks were defamatory and made with malicious intent.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/01/04/chow-sues-tan-kok-ping-over-land-sale-remarks/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ChowKonYeow #TanKokPing #Lawsuit #Penang #Defamatory

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00:00 Chow Korniaw has filed a defamation suit against business tycoon Tan Kok Ping in the High Court

00:07 at Georgetown.

00:09 The suit is over statements made by Tan in Mandarin to the press in connection with the

00:13 sale of state land last year.

00:15 Chow claims Tan's remarks were defamatory and made with malicious intent.

00:20 The Penang Chief Minister alleges that Tan made slanderous comments about the sale of

00:24 the land to UMECH Construction Senjamberhad despite knowing that the deal had been aborted.

00:31 Chow says Tan's comments were calculated to attack his character, credibility, competency

00:36 and capability as the Penang Chief Minister and Chairman of the Penang Development Corporation.

00:42 In his statement of claims cited by FMT, Chow said that Tan had called him "incompetent,

00:47 ignorant and shameless" at a press conference on October 18 last year.

00:52 Chow is seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages.

00:56 The suit was filed by law firm Simon Morelli & Co.

00:59 Case management has been fixed for January 24.

01:03 Natasha Bust, FMT News.

01:04 (upbeat music)

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