In his RM50 million defamation suit against Utusan, PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim provides the court with Utusan's 2010 annual report.
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim revealed today that Umno owned 49.77 % of Utusan Malaysia’s shares, adding that this proved that the newspaper was owned by the party.
Anwar told the High Court that based on Utusan’s 2010 annual report, Umno owned some RM55 million worth of shares and therefore had a say in the newspaper’s direction.
“All parties that have an interest in a company control more than 33% of its shares. The names of the Utusan directors were all determined by Umno.
“All of this is enough to prove that Umno has full control over Utusan,” he said.
In January, Anwar had filed a RM50 million suit against Utusan and its editor-in-chief Abdul Aziz Ishak for allegedly implying that he wanted to legalise homosexuality.
The Utusan front page article, published on Jan 15, referred to a BBC report and alleged that Anwar had said the laws on homosexuality in Malaysia were “archaic” and “not relevant”.
The articles were titled “Tolak Anwar-Hassan” (Reject Anwar-Hassan) and “Parasit ancam PAS, Anwar mesti ditolak” (PAS threatened by parasites, Anwar must be rejected).
Anwar had said the defendants had falsely and maliciously printed words defamatory of him, and claimed that this was due to the fact that the broadsheet was Umno-owned.
He was then asked to furnish proof of this by Utusan’s legal counsel, Firoz Hussein.
Today, Firoz challenged Anwar by pointing out that at 49.77%, Umno did not own the majority of Utusan’s shares and was not the owner of the daily.
“If the lawyer is asking that, this means he does not understand that ownership of a company means having the control to guide the company,” Anwar responded.
“Utusan is a public-listed company, so not all shareholders must be Umno members. But there is one major controller, which is Umno,” he added.
Anwar also claimed that many of the other shareholders in the annual report were linked to Umno, citing Hussein Nordin Sdn Bhd as proof.
However, he did not bring any evidence to back up his claim, pointing out that he had only been requested to bring proof of Umno’s links to Utusan.
“Umno owns Utusan, and this is the first time in history someone has denied it,” Anwar joked.
‘PM’s rep on Utusan’s board’
Anwar also told the court that Tengku Sariffuddin Tengku Ahmad, who is on Utusan’s board of directors, was a representative of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
“He is the prime minister’s media and press official. He has been given important responsibilities such as signing the Malaysian government’s agreement with APCO Washington,” he told the court.
“Usually such a task is the responsibility of the Finance Ministry. Yet Sariffuddin was the one to sign it, and he sits on Utusan’s board of directors,” said Anwar.
Anwar was represented by N Surendran, Latheefa Koya and Murnie Hidayah Anuar. Utusan was also represented by Hafarizam Harun and Wan Azmir Wan Majid.
High Court judge VT Singham presided over the case.
‘Wrong to spy on wrongdoers’
Anwar also defended his statement to BBC that current laws were “archaic” and needed to be reviewed.
Citing three texts by Islamic scholars Dr Yusuf Qardawi and Al Mawardi, Anwar said that it was wrong for public officers to interfere in people’s private domain.
“With regard to acts that are haram [forbidden], the public officer cannot try to spy [on the people] or expose the people’s wrongdoings,” he said.
However, he agreed with Firoz that the texts stated there were exceptions to this ruling if an “honest eyewitness” reported the acts of transgression to the public officer.
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KUALA LUMPUR: PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim revealed today that Umno owned 49.77 % of Utusan Malaysia’s shares, adding that this proved that the newspaper was owned by the party.Anwar told the High Court that based on Utusan’s 2010 annual report, Umno owned some RM55 million worth of shares and therefore had a say in the newspaper’s direction.
“All parties that have an interest in a company control more than 33% of its shares. The names of the Utusan directors were all determined by Umno.
“All of this is enough to prove that Umno has full control over Utusan,” he said.
In January, Anwar had filed a RM50 million suit against Utusan and its editor-in-chief Abdul Aziz Ishak for allegedly implying that he wanted to legalise homosexuality.
The Utusan front page article, published on Jan 15, referred to a BBC report and alleged that Anwar had said the laws on homosexuality in Malaysia were “archaic” and “not relevant”.
The articles were titled “Tolak Anwar-Hassan” (Reject Anwar-Hassan) and “Parasit ancam PAS, Anwar mesti ditolak” (PAS threatened by parasites, Anwar must be rejected).
Anwar had said the defendants had falsely and maliciously printed words defamatory of him, and claimed that this was due to the fact that the broadsheet was Umno-owned.
He was then asked to furnish proof of this by Utusan’s legal counsel, Firoz Hussein.
Today, Firoz challenged Anwar by pointing out that at 49.77%, Umno did not own the majority of Utusan’s shares and was not the owner of the daily.
“If the lawyer is asking that, this means he does not understand that ownership of a company means having the control to guide the company,” Anwar responded.
“Utusan is a public-listed company, so not all shareholders must be Umno members. But there is one major controller, which is Umno,” he added.
Anwar also claimed that many of the other shareholders in the annual report were linked to Umno, citing Hussein Nordin Sdn Bhd as proof.
However, he did not bring any evidence to back up his claim, pointing out that he had only been requested to bring proof of Umno’s links to Utusan.
“Umno owns Utusan, and this is the first time in history someone has denied it,” Anwar joked.
‘PM’s rep on Utusan’s board’
Anwar also told the court that Tengku Sariffuddin Tengku Ahmad, who is on Utusan’s board of directors, was a representative of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
“He is the prime minister’s media and press official. He has been given important responsibilities such as signing the Malaysian government’s agreement with APCO Washington,” he told the court.
“Usually such a task is the responsibility of the Finance Ministry. Yet Sariffuddin was the one to sign it, and he sits on Utusan’s board of directors,” said Anwar.
Anwar was represented by N Surendran, Latheefa Koya and Murnie Hidayah Anuar. Utusan was also represented by Hafarizam Harun and Wan Azmir Wan Majid.
High Court judge VT Singham presided over the case.
‘Wrong to spy on wrongdoers’
Anwar also defended his statement to BBC that current laws were “archaic” and needed to be reviewed.
Citing three texts by Islamic scholars Dr Yusuf Qardawi and Al Mawardi, Anwar said that it was wrong for public officers to interfere in people’s private domain.
“With regard to acts that are haram [forbidden], the public officer cannot try to spy [on the people] or expose the people’s wrongdoings,” he said.
However, he agreed with Firoz that the texts stated there were exceptions to this ruling if an “honest eyewitness” reported the acts of transgression to the public officer.
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