Preacher Firdaus Wong filed a defamation suit against Lim Guan Eng at the Penang High Court, claiming the former chief minister portrayed him as an intolerant religious extremist seeking to undermine the freedoms and rights of non-Muslims.PETALING JAYA: Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has rejected preacher Firdaus Wong's defamation claim, arguing that his remarks about the preacher were made in response to Wong's own provocative social media comments.
In a response to Wong's letter of demand, Lim's lawyers said the DAP adviser's June 24 Facebook video had been taken out of context and that Wong had selectively quoted and inaccurately translated portions of the Mandarin-language recording.
