PM: CEP findings won’t be published to avoid defamation suits
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad arrives at Parliament April 4, 2019. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
“The government must be careful about publishing it as some of the findings require further investigations by the relevant authorities. “Now is not the time to reveal the findings. Maybe in the future once we have taken action and we will not be hit by a defamation suit, maybe we will reveal it,” said the prime minister.
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