Sekian lama difitnah pertahan premis judi dipindah, ini amaran keras Mahfuz Omar buat ‘budak upahan’ Sanusi

Sekian lama difitnah pertahan premis judi dipindah, ini amaran keras Mahfuz Omar buat ‘budak upahan’ Sanusi

KALAH SAMAN. KALAU KOYAK, JANGAN FITNAH.

Rentetan daripada keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan yang telah menolak rayuan MB Kedah terhadap kes Saman Fitnah saya kepadanya, saya melihat ramai yang membuat ulasan songsang dan fitnah terhadap saya berkaitan dengan isu pemindahan premis judi Sports Toto di Pokok Sena.

Terdapat beberapa cytro PN khususnya telah memanipulasikan fakta kononnya Saman Fitnah saya itu bertujuan mempertahankan isu pemindahan premis Sports Toto itu. Malah lebih teruk, ada di kalangan penyokong PN bertindak lebih keterlaluan dengan mendakwa Saman Fitnah saya itu bertujuan mempertahankan judi.

Saya dengan tegas ingin menyatakan Saman Fitnah tersebut difailkan berikutan Sanusi telah mengaitkan saya dengan pemindahan premis Sports Toto tersebut. Sedangkan, isu pemindahan Sports Toto itu langsung tidak mempunyai sebarang kaitan dengan saya. Malah, saya sebagai Ahli Parlimen Pokok Sena ketika itu telah pun membuat bantahan terhadap pemindahan Sports Toto tersebut kepada Majlis Bandaraya Alor Setar. Kemudiannya, pemindahan tersebut tidak pun diteruskan.

Keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi yang membenarkan Saman Fitnah saya terhadap Sanusi membuktikan dakwaan Sanusi yang mengaitkan saya dengan isu tersebut jelas adalah fitnah. Hakim di dalam Alasan Penghakimannya telah menyatakan:

“[48] In this case, the defendant alleges that, albeit in an interesting twist to the pleaded case, that the statements were true as they indicate the insensitivity of the authorities in approving and allowing the relocation of the Sports Toto shop and this constitutes political criticism.

[49] On this issue, as I have found that the statements were defamatory as alleged by the plaintiff, this cannot be the meaning attributed to the Facebook posting. The defendant is correct to show that the Sports Toto shop was moved from its original location to Pokok Sena. However, as the defendant did allege that it was the plaintiff who had approved or had been party to the said reallocation, he must show that this statement is true. To merely rely on the truth of the reallocation of the Sports Toto shop by the authorities misses the point and does not justify the statements complained of.

[50] I find that the defence failed to prove that the contents of the Facebook postings are true. I find that it was not shown by the defendant that the plaintiff was responsible for the licensing or for the movement of the Sports Toto outlet from its former site to its new premises within Pokok Sena.”

Malah Mahkamah juga menyatakan tulisan Sanusi itu bukan sahaja fitnah, malah adalah berniat jahat:

“(7) From the facts and circumstances of this case, the defendant had published the article and the words appearing therein maliciously against the plaintiff, and the plaintiff had proven that the said statements were untrue. The evidence tendered by the plaintiff showing that the said statements were incorrect was unrebutted by the defendant. Further, the words were calculated to cause pecuniary damage to the plaintiff in respect of his office as the representative of the Pokok Sena constituency. Accordingly, the plaintiff had proven his claim for malicious falsehood against the defendant.”

Kes saya ini telah dilaporkan di jurnal undang-undang dan boleh dibaca di:

MAHFUZ HAJI OMAR v. MUHAMMAD SANUSI MD NOR [2021] 1 LNS1 1826

Oleh itu, saya ingin memberikan amaran kepada mana-mana individu yang masih ingin mengaitkan saya dengan sebarang maksud kononnya saya menyokong/mempertahankan judi untuk menarik balik tulisan-tulisan tersebut atau saya akan mengambil tindakan tegas untuk teruskan dengan Saman Fitnah.

“Kalau Koyak Jangan Fitnah”

Dato Wira Mahfuz Hj Omar.
7/4/2023