IPOH: Titi Serong's PAS assemblyman Khalil Idham Lim will be slapping defector Keshvinder Singh from Malim Nawar with a letter of demand for saying that the money the former gave him was for constitutional work and not personal use.
Khalil’s counsel A Sivanesan said his client will be lodging a police report at the Parit Buntar police station later on and that a letter will be sent to Keshvinder today.
Sivanesan, who is also the Sungkai's DAP assemblyman, said if Keshvinder fails to respond to the notice, Khalil will file a suit against the Malim Nawar assemblyman within the next couple of weeks. The suit be filed at the Ipoh High Court.
On July 2, following Keshvinder’s defection from DAP to become an independent elected rep, an online media had quoted Keshvinder as saying that he had received RM3,500 from Khalil for his constituency as he had lacked funds.
Keshvinder denied approaching Khalil for funds but said that he was offered the money .
Khalil has denied the scenario, maintaining that Keshvinder had approached him for money to pay his car loan.
“I gave him RM3,500 personally so that he get can back his car which was repossessed by the bank as he failed to pay the instalments for several months.”
“In fact I went with him to Ambank's branch in Ipoh to make the payment,” said Khalil.
Khalil is claiming RM500,000 in damages and gave Keshvinder 14 days to apologise to him using the main dailies.
Date at Ipoh Gurdwara
He urged the DAP man to concentrate on his own constituency.
“I am the vice chairman of Perak DAP which gives me the right to visit any constituency.” Sivanesan blasted.
The DAP leader also ridiculed Keshvinder's claim that he was never in a financial rut as he had a bank balance of RM35,000 as of May.
“If he had RM35,000 in May, then why did he need the RM3,500 to pay for his car which was repossessed?”
“If Keshvinder is honest, he should declare from where he got the RM35,000 in the first place.”
Sivanesan then challenged Keshvinder to swear upon the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh holy book) that he never took any money from Umno for his defection and the money he received from Khalil was not used for his car.
“I will be waiting for him at the Gurdwara in Malim Nawar with other DAP members this coming Saturday.”
“I also challenge him to swear that his car was not repossessed after the Sibu by-election.” Sivanesan thundered.
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