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
Is the case related to their journalistic work?
Yes
Do they work as freelance or media?
Unknown
Position in media
Other
Status of journalists
Data not available
Gender
Data not collected
Age
Data not collected
Country
Kuala Lumpur
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
UMNO ( united malays national organisation)
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Non-state actors (Political party, intolerance group, religious group, individual, private organization, private company, etc)
Gender
Unknown
Is it related to gender and identity based violence?
No
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Civil action/lawsuit (including fines, etc)
Please type the data source here (Link)
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/634194