Former Umno member Khairy Jamaluddin is suing Sungai Besar party chief Jamal Md Yunos for RM1 million over alleged defamation.

The former minister’s counsel from law firm Aizat Izuan Shakeel filed the civil action at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on May 24.

The plaintiff’s writ of summons centred over Jamal’s press conference on the sidelines of the then-Umno general assembly at...