Malaysiakini stands by report following Umno's RM25m legal threat

Description

On 1 September, the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) issued a letter of demand (LOD) to two media outlets, MalaysiaKini and Astro Awani, over allegedly defamatory reports on the party.

The LOD included demands for a retraction, written apology and compensation of RM25 million from the two media organisations, respectively.

Information
Do they work as freelance or media?
Unknown
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Data not collected
Country
Kuala Lumpur
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
UMNO ( united malays national organisation)
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Civil action/lawsuit (including fines, etc)