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Prince files RM105m suit RM330,000 bill for

damage to property
against wife, mum-in-law
by S. Tamarai Chelvi
by R. Nadeswaran and
Terence Fernandez

LONDON: The Malaysian High

ers during a function at the home.
It is understood that the commis-
sion’s three-year lease of the property
ended in April while the official who
newsdesk@thesundaily.com Commission here has been saddled lived there had left for his new post-
with a £56,000 (RM330,400) bill for ing in February.
KUALA LUMPUR: Kelantan damages caused to the rented home theSun was tipped off to the claim
prince Tengku Muhammad of a diplomatic officer. by several Malaysians familiar with
Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra According to the 12-page claim the case, with one source saying that
is suing his estranged wife from the property owner, the three- Rustam blew his top at a meeting
Manohara Odelia Pinot and storey house in upmarket Hendon with high commission staff when the
her mother Daisy Fajarina sustained damages including a burnt matter was brought to his attention.
for defamation and is seeking kitchen and the felling of trees in the “Not to say I blew my top, but this
RM105 million in damages. backyard allegedly during the three- kind of things should not be happen-
Tengku Muhammad year stay of the officer. ing,” Rustam said, adding that if the
Fakhry filed an application The officer in question has since claim was valid, the officer will be
for leave to file a writ of sum- been posted to Papua New Guinea asked to pay up.
mons for defamation through (PNG) but a livid Deputy High Com- “Of course, it is a big amount
his lawyer Mohd Haaziq Pillay missioner Datuk Rustam Yahya said for one person to settle, so the high
at 9am in the High Court Civil if the claim was valid, in no way commission and the government will
registry yesterday morning. would Malaysian taxpayers be foot- work something out first,” he said,
The application was heard be- ing the bill. assuring that at the end of the day,
fore Senior Assistant Registrar “We have contacted the official public funds would not be used to
Safarudin Tambi, who granted and have asked him to settle it,” said reimburse the property owner.
the leave order in chambers. Rustam when met near the high Meanwhile, a Wisma Putra official
The writ will be served on commission in Belgrave Square here said the posting to PNG was, in fact, a
the defendants, who are both on Friday. castigation of the said official.
staying in Indonesia. Manohara “At the same time, we want to en- “He was given two options – both
and Daisy have 21 days to file sure that the claims are valid and not were third world countries and he
their statement of defence over exaggerated by the property owner,” chose PNG,” the official said.
the defamation suit. said Rustam, who is in
Tengku Muhammad Fa- charge of administra-
khry is the Tengku Temeng- tion and the coffers of
gong of Kelantan and is the the high commission.
sultan’s third son.
He is asking for RM35 mil-
“For that kind of
damage, £56,000 is a
Better air quality
lion in aggravated damages,
RM35 million in exemplary
lot of money,” he said,
explaining that the
yesterday
damages, RM35 million com- kitchen floor was acci- KUALA LUMPUR: Air quality in several areas nation-
pensatory damages, interest, dentally burnt by cater- wide has improved as of 11am yesterday, with only
costs and any other reliefs one of 50 areas recording unhealthy reading compared
deemed fit by the court. File pic of Tengku Muhammad Fakhry with Manohara to two on Sunday.
He is also seeking an The Department of Environment (DOE) website said
injunction to restrain both and Indonesian newspapers High Court and Lower Court the Air Pollutant Index (API) for Kuala Selangor was at
the defendants from further and other international print in Kota Baru, demanding that 112, an unhealthy reading.
speaking and uttering similar and electronic media and she be loyal to him, and ask- Seberang Jaya 2 ( Penang) and Port Kelang (Selan-
words and defamatory state- online. ing for the return of close to gor) which recorded unhealthy readings on Sunday
ments and issuing any press Tengku Muhammad RM1 million loan. improved to moderate. DOE said 66% or 31 areas had
statements. Fakhry said the words were He had also issued an moderate readings while 16 areas or 32% had healthy
In his statement of claim, calculated to disparage him ultimatum to the former air quality.
he said Daisy and Manohara, in the eyes of the royalty, the model, asking her to return The moderate areas were Kota Tinggi, Johor (51),
who are first and second Malaysian government and to him and reconcile by July Bakar Arang, Sungai Petani, Kedah (51), Pengkalan
defendants respectively, had the general public. 2. However, she failed to Chepa, Kelantan (65), Bandaraya Melaka (62), Serem-
“falsely and maliciously” ut- He said the allegations and comply with the demands. ban, Negeri Sembilan (59), Indera Mahkota, Kuantan,
tered defamatory statements innuendoes are untrue, base- The couple were married Pahang (54), Kg Air Putih, Taiping, Perak (52), Kema-
to various news media, less and maliciously uttered on Aug 26, 2008. man, Terengganu (53), Bintulu, Sarawak (56) and Shah
claiming he had mistreated and that they had damaged Manohara fled from her Alam, Selangor (72). Cheras and Batu Muda in Kuala
and sexually harassed his his feelings, and both his per- husband on May 31 this year Lumpur had readings of 77 and 75 while Putrajaya
17-year-old wife. sonal and public standing. during a visit to Singapore, recorded 65.
He said the defamatory The prince had on July 5 after claiming that Tengku Sixteen areas had healthy air quality: Langkawi, Ke-
words were widely reported filed two applications against Muhammad Fakhry had dah (34), SK Jalan Pagoh, Ipoh, Perak (48), Kangar, Perlis
and circulated in Malaysian Manohara in the Syariah abused her. (37), USM, Penang (33), Perai, Penang (47), Tawau (32),
Keningau (47), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (26), Sandakan,
Sabah (31), Sri Aman, Sarawak (42), Kapit, Sarawak (45),
Miri, Sarawak (37), Sibu, Sarawak (44), Sarikei, Sarawak
No bias or discrimination in Asis stocks
at ’09 high
(49), Limbang, Sarawak (24) and Labuan, 35.
API readings are classified as: 0-50 (good), 51-100
public service, says Sidek pg 14 (moderate), 101-200 (unhealthy), 201-300 (very un-
healthy) and 300 onwards (dangerous). – Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no bias Mohd Sidek said steps were
or discrimination in the public being taken to gradually increase
service’s selection process and in Indian participation in the public Man jailed for circulating obscene Four seeking revenge attack man,
promotional opportunities, Chief service and currently there were
Secretary to the Government more applications from Indians
photos of wife gang-rape girlfriend
Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said than Chinese. KUANTAN: A vehicle spare parts supplier was jailed six KUALA LUMPUR: Four men, out to settle a score against a
yesterday. Commenting on the issue of months by a magistrate’s court here yesterday for circu- Pakistani, attacked and robbed him before raping his Indone-
He said vacancies were widely “Little Napoleons” who lord over lating obscene photographs of his wife. sian girlfriend at Sunrise Park Condominium in Kampung Baru
advertised in the print media but if the citizenry, Mohd Sidek said the Abdul Aziz Basri, 57, who pleaded guilty to the charge, Ampang on Sunday night.
there was a lack of or no application issue was under control and was was also fined RM2,000 in default two months’ jail. Ampang police chief ACP Abdul Jalil Hassan said police
from the Indian community or other not a serious threat to the public Earlier, magistrate Iriane Isabelo rebuked him for circu- detained four suspects, aged between 20 and 30, at about
ethnic groups, the situation would service. lating the obscene photographs. Describing it as immoral, 10pm the same day.
affect the selection process. “Now people have higher she told him that as a Muslim, he should be stoned (for Abdul Jalil said the four, all Malaysians, had entered the
“If no application is coming, degree of awareness and things his action). house and attacked the Pakistani tenants living there.
how do we do the selection proc- are being handled openly and in Abdul Aziz was charged with circulating and dissemi- “Initial investigations revealed that the four had sought
ess? The solution to the problem a more transparent manner,” he nating six sheets of A4-size paper containing explicit im- revenge after the Pakistani man had beaten up one of the
lies in applications. If applications said. ages of his wife’s sexual acts in Courts Mammoth on Jalan suspects’ mother,” he said.
are pouring in, the Public Service He agreed that placing officers Abdul Aziz here between June 28 and July 7. “The four, armed with knives and iron rods, beat up the
Commission can process them who speak various languages at He was charged under Section 292(a) of the Penal Code Pakistani man.”
and make a decision,” he said in an the service counters in depart- which carries a maximum three years’ jail or fine, or both, They demanded that he hand over his cash, passport and
exclusive interview with Malaysia ments like Immigration, Socso, upon conviction. ATM card before drawing money from his bank account.
Nanban sub-editor Perumal G, Registration Department, local According to the facts of the case, a 41-year-old clerk “The four suspects then took turns to rape the Pakistani’s
which was published in the daily authorities and district offices, had lodged a police report on July 13, alleging that her girlfriend, who was in another room. While the 20-year-old
yesterday. Bernama was given could improve the service as there husband had disseminated the photographs which had woman was being raped, one of the Pakistani men managed
the transcript of the interview would be better communication tarnished her dignity and pride. to slip out of the house to seek help,” he said.
yesterday. and delivery. – Bernama Chief Insp Muhamad Azman Ariffin appeared for the pros- Abdul Jalil said the suspects were arrested by police patrol-
ecution while Abdul Aziz was unrepresented. – Bernama ling the area. – Bernama