Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, and top officials from Berjaya Corporation and Genting Group have denied the casino plans in Forest City news from Bloomberg, The Edge Singapore reports.
However, both Berjaya and Genting have denied this, saying the statement was “false” and that they didn’t talk with the Malaysian government about opening a casino there. Free Malaysia Today reported that Berjaya has taken legal action. Their lawyers filed police reports on Friday to uncover the identity of the unnamed source of the information.They said the person who leaked this information was spreading false statements and criticised news outlets for not verifying the information before publishing it.
The unnamed source, now identified as political activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin, also known as Chegubard, has been detained at Dang Wangi district police headquarters.In a statement, lawyer Rafique Rashid disclosed that investigations are underway under Section 4 of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
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