Syabas will sue Klang MP Charles Santiago for defamation over remarks implying that the water company was “profiting wantonly from impoverished families”.
Santiago told The Malaysian Insider that he received a defamation notice from Syabas today.
“I got the defamation notice at my service centre today,” said Santiago, who provided The Malaysian Insider a copy of the notice.
In the notice, Syabas said Santiago’s remarks, which were reported in online news portal Free Malaysia Today on October 26 last year, implied that the water company had disconnected water supply “willy nilly”.
“Yang Berhormat said ... that the rate at which water supply was disconnected was ‘alarming’,” said Syabas in its notice to Santiago.
“The offending words ... are understood to mean that reconnecting supply is the main source of revenue for Syabas and that water supply is disconnected ‘willy nilly’ and without basis. Further, it casts an imputation that Syabas is profiting wantonly from impoverished families,” it added.
Syabas denied Santiago’s claims, saying it charged only RM50 to disconnect and reconnect water supply although the actual costs amounted to RM76.
The water concessionaire also took offence at Santiago’s remarks on the same matter that were published in Chinese daily Nanyang Siang Pau on October 28 last year, as well as his blog post on October 29 titled “Everything is money and Syabas making 5 thousand billion” . Syabas demanded that Santiago withdraw his remarks and make a public apology.- Malaysian Insider
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