25-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Trial set for activist's defamation suit against ex-defence ministry official
Road safety activist Shahrim Tamrin filed the suit against Razman Hakimi Abdullah over several statements made on Facebook and Twitter in 2020. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA : A defamation lawsuit filed by road safety activist Shahrim Tamrin against a former head of corporate communications at the defence ministry will go to trial this October.
In a statement, Shahrim said the sessions court in Ampang has fixed Oct 14 and 15 for trial.
In November last year, it was reported that Shahrim filed the suit against Razman Hakimi Abdullah over several statements made on Facebook and Twitter (now known as 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 (PH) '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 another Twitter post on Aug 29, 2020.
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.
