Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin has turned to the civil court seeking RM10 million in defamation damages from a Facebook user.

The plaintiff’s civil action is over one Mohd Nawawi Abdul Razak’s online statements alleging the former has links to the controversial company Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH).

Filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Oct 10, the state mufti’s...