AirAsia sues Tourism Malaysia chief for defamation

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KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — AirAsia Berhad has filed a defamation suit against Tourism Malaysia chairman Wee Choo Keong over his blog post on the airline’s alleged airport tax debt of more than RM50 million.

AirAsia accused the head of the government agency, who used to be from DAP and PKR and formerly served as Wangsa Maju and Bukit Bintang MP, of regularly publishing many false, misleading and disparaging statements on his blog, www.weechookeong.com, including an April 20 blog post titled “Why Liow & MAHB encouraged AirAsia to owe RM50 million PSC/Airport Tax?”.

“AirAsia has always operated our business professionally including in our dealings with the regulators,” AirAsia regional head of legal Amir Faezal Zakaria said in a statement.

“The many misleading and defamatory statements published by Mr Wee Choo Keong are intended to mislead the public and damage our reputation. AirAsia has filed a suit because our reputation has been damaged by this conduct in addition to our efforts to correct the disinformation published about AirAsia,” added the budget airline official.

AirAsia said Wee has failed to respond to its letter demanding a retraction of his April 20 blog post.

- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/airasia-sues-tourism-malaysia-chief-for-defamation

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

Hahaha, Wee Choo Keong has been going against AirAsia for ages now.

 

I guess somebody didn't get sponsorship from Tourism Malaysia...

[JuliusWong 0]

One of the most useless MP ever! Yet get appointed as Chairman of Tourism Malaysia! Malaysia really boleh!

 

AirAsia does not need endorsement from Tourism Malaysia for survival, cause Air Asia and its affiliates by default is 'THE' airline to get into Malaysia. Suffice to say this for now, until Malaysia Airlines revival comes into picture.