Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor claimed his Selangor counterpart Amirudin Shari has repeatedly issued defamatory statements that had tarnished the former's public reputation.

In response to Amirudin's attack, the PAS leader claimed he was forced to raise the issue of governance linked to the PKR's leader state administration in his by-election campaign speech.

Sanusi raised this contention in his statement of defence against Amirudin's defamation suit against him over an allegation that the Selangor menteri besar is involved with tycoon Vincent Tan in a scandal linked...