PM sends letter of demand to Umno man over quarantine FB post

Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi's Facebook post alleging double standards in Covid-19 procedures has earned him a letter of demand from Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, according to a report.

Financial daily The Edge reported that lawyers representing Muhyiddin, from the firm Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership, sent a letter of demand to Puad's Putrajaya address today, citing his Facebook post titled “Kuarantin pun ada dua darjat” (Even quarantine has two classes) which was deemed defamatory.

Citing the letter of demand's content, The Edge reported that Puad's post contained an untrue, unwarranted, unsubstantiated and mischievous statement on Muhyiddin...