KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): A senior Malaysian Armed Forces officer, vice-admiral Datuk Sabri Zali, has filed a defamation lawsuit against political activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin, known as Chegubard. The suit, filed today at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, stems from the defendant's failure to respond to a letter of demand to retract the allegedly defamatory statements. "Vice-admiral Datuk Sabri has never been charged, convicted, or found guilty of any corruption, abuse of power, or misconduct as alleged by the defendant. “These baseless accusations are capable of misleading public perception of his service as a senior military officer," Sabri’s lawyer, Muhamad Firdaus Jumaludin, told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex. He said the defendant has acknowledged that the allegations are based on documents obtained from an unknown source, without any proper verification process.

Source: The Edge Markets January 21, 2026 07:58 UTC