PKR's Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin has claimed that she did not make any defamatory statements about Sungai Besar Umno chief Jamal Yunos, as everything she said about him was true.

“As far as I am concerned, I have not made any defamatory allegations against Jamal.

“A defamatory allegation is a false allegation. I do not know what specific allegation he wants to sue me on, but whatever I have said is the truth,” Zuraida said in a text message to Malaysiakini today.

She was responding to Jamal, who had earlier today said he intends to file a defamatory suit against her for remarks she uttered after their settlement in a separate case.

Describing his behaviour as “a matter of national mockery”, she said he is welcome to sue her.

“So, I say to Jamal, he is most welcome to sue, as it is his behaviour that is going to be exposed in court,” she said...