Notis Tuntutan (LOD) ke atas Hannah Yeoh

LETTER OF DEMAND TO HANNAH YEOH

We are instructed that (your) Facebook Statement contains generated thereby substantially repeat the following libellous statements that are defamatory of (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) quoted verbatim:-

(a) “Sekali lagi pensyarah UUM ini mahu mainkan sentimen politik perkauman dan agama. Ianya jelas dalam pelbagai kenyataan dan tulisannya yang beliau begitu bencikan DAP. Jangan lupa, pensyarah yang sama jugalah yang mengkritik buku saya ‘Becoming Hannah’ dan takut berdepan Tun Mahathir dalam forum anjuran Sinar Harian suatu waktu dulu.”

(b) “Jika dilihat dari semua perkara yang saya kongsikan, sesiapapun boleh hairan dengan apa yang beliau gusarkan.”

(c) “penggunaan jata negara? – yang nak menuduh melulu kena buat kerja rumah lebih sikit sebelum nak mainkan isu. Banner ini dibuat dan dipasang oleh pejabat Ahli Parlimen Sepanggar. Ramai Ahli Parlimen menggunakan jata negara dalam banner atau poster mereka. Anda boleh lihat sendiri kesemua poster/sepanduk ahli parlimen UMNO dan PAS yang menggunakan jata negara semasa mereka jadi pembangkang.”

(d) “Lagipun menggunakan bahasa kebangsaan adalah ciri-ciri kita sebagai rakyat Malaysia, baik di Sabah mahupun Sarawak. Guna bahasa kebangsaan pun salah, tak guna pun salah. Anda nak apa sebenarnya ni?”

(e) “Bagi saya inilah satu-satunya ‘modal’ yang masih berbaki untuk dirinya – perkauman dan isu agama – yang telah biasa beliau gunakan di Semenanjung. Malang buat diri beliau, ini adalah Sabah, Negeri Di Bawah Bayu yang begitu meraikan dan menghormati kepelbagaian. Sentimen yang beliau mainkan bukan sahaja tidak diterima di Semenanjung dan kini di Sabah juga.”

We are further instructed that the above Defamatory Statements were and are wholly false in fact as well as published by you or on your behalf. Further, the Defamatory Statements are libellous and by their ordinary and natural meaning and/or by implication and innuendo are taken, construed and understood to mean that:-

(a) (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) engages in racial and religious sentiments in trying to canvass political support.

(b) (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) harbours unreasonable and/or unjustifiable hatred towards DAP.

(d) (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) is unreasonably worried and/or is timid in his analysis of events.

(e) (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) questions the use of national symbols and the national language (i.e. the Malay language) in political campaigns.

(f) (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) uses race and religion as capital to canvass political support within Peninsular Malaysia and is now extending this to Sabah.

(g) (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) is a threat to racial and religious harmony within Sabah in particular and within Malaysia in general.

(h) (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) incites racial disharmony and creates hatred amongst adherants of religions.

Consequently we are instructed by (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) to demand from you the following on an immediate basis:-

(a) an open and public declaration made by you directed towards (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff), the contents of which shall be subject to (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff)’s absolute discretion to approve, admitting to and declaring the utter falsehood of sundry contents of the Facebook Statement above, with particular reference to and emphasis on the Defamatory Statements therein contained;

(b) an open and public apology made by you directed towards (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff), the contents of which shall be subject to (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff)’s absolute discretion to approve, apologising wholeheartedly, unequivocally, unreservedly and unconditionally for the publication of the same Facebook Statement above consequent to the above declaration as well as a binding and enforcable undertaking not to repeat the same; and

(c) monetary damages in the amount of Ringgit Malaysia Five Million Only [RM5,000,000.00] to be paid by you directly to (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) or to us as stakeholders, being compensation in respect of the Defamatory Statements injuring (Dr Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff) as described above.

Dari FB Dr Kamarul Yusoff