CLASH OF TITANS IS ON! – IT LOOKS LIKE MAHATHIR-ANWAR FEUD WILL SHIFT TO THE COURTS – WHERE MANY JUICY DETAILS ABOUT THE MAHATHIR FAMILY’S ALLEGED FABULOUS WEALTH MAY WASH INTO THE OPEN – GOBIND ALREADY APPOINTED ANWAR’S LEAD COUNSEL – WITH ANWAR’S LAWYERS SET TO REPLY TO DR M’S LEGAL NOTICE BY APRIL 17

Business, Politics | April 4, 2023 8:48 pm by | 0 Comments

Anwar’s lawyers to reply to Dr M’s legal notice by April 17

Dr Mahathir Mohamad has threatened to sue Anwar Ibrahim over a comment by the PKR president which suggested that Mahathir had enriched his family when in power.

PETALING JAYA: Lawyers for Anwar Ibrahim said they will respond to a letter of demand issued on behalf of Dr Mahathir Mohamad by April 17.

Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi informed Mahathir’s legal team yesterday that his firm, Thomas Philip, had recently been engaged by Anwar to act on this matter.

“We need to seek further instructions from our client,” he said.

Alliff added that fellow lawyer Gobind Singh Deo would act as Anwar’s lead counsel.

Meanwhile, Mahathir’s lawyer Rafique Rashid Ali said he had no objections to Thomas Philip’s request for more time to respond.

Last week, Mahathir demanded that Anwar apologise for statements he made during PKR’s congress.

At the congress, Anwar took a veiled jab at Mahathir, claiming the former prime minister, who served as prime minister for 22 years under Barisan Nasional and then another 22 months when Pakatan Harapan came into power in 2018, had enriched his family during his time in power.

On March 28, Mahathir announced that his lawyers had demanded that Anwar retract his statement within seven days.

MKINI