Anwar files defamation suit against blogger Papagomo

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has filed a defamation suit against Umno-linked blogger Papagomo after the latter failed to apologise and retract a series of lewd photographs. The blogger, whose real name is Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, had claimed that the photos were screenshots from a video depicting Anwar being intimate with another male.

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Defamation lawsuit [Anwar Ibrahim v. Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris]
Defamation suit on politicians over various accusations.

Directly implicated parties

Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris
UMNO Youth member known by his blog name of Papagomo

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Implicated parties through circumstantance

Disclosing Parties

Anwar Ibrahim
Dato' Seri Haji Anwar bin Ibrahim is the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He is a Malaysian politician is the Opposition Leader since May 2020 and the President of the People's Justice Party since November 2018. Previously he served as Finance Minister from 1991 until 1998.

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Malaysiakini,  (21 Mar, 2013).  Anwar files defamation suit against blogger Papagomo.  Retrieved 30 Jan, 2021,  from https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/224483

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