PKR Youth vice-chief Nabil Halimi says he is considering his legal options after receiving a letter of demand from PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari claiming that he was slandered.
The issue is centred on a social media post by Fadhli, the Pasir Mas MP, featuring a cartoon which appeared to belittle Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s role in mediating the Thailand-Cambodia conflict.
Fadhli previously said he would be sending letters of demand to an MP and a political party’s youth wing leader after claiming they had slandered him, based on their misunderstanding of the social media post.
“I am reviewing the contents of the letter and will be seeking legal advice,” said Nabil in a Facebook post.
“I remain committed to defending my right to freedom of expression, and I believe that differences of opinion should not be misinterpreted or used as grounds to suppress constructive criticism.”
The cartoon, which has since been deleted, had depicted a monkey acting as a judge between a goat and a sheep fighting over bananas, with the caption: “The goat and sheep shouldn’t need a monkey to mediate their banana dispute.”
Anwar brokered a July 29 ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia in his capacity as Asean chairman after a July 28 meeting in Putrajaya, attended by Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet and Thailand’s acting prime minister, Phumtham Wechayachai.
The ceasefire ended five days of intense border fighting between the two Asean neighbours, which left more than 50 people dead.
