She emphasised that such baseless accusations, particularly from individuals in religious circles, should not be tolerated.
: Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has stated that she will take legal action against Perak Pas commissioner Razman Zakaria over allegations linking her family to YTL Corporation Bhd., Yeoh, who also serves as DAP’s assistant national publicity secretary, firmly condemned the claim, describing it as slander.
Yesterday, a dispute arose between Yeoh and Razman Zakaria after Razman reportedly claimed that the former is the daughter of YTL Corporation Bhd’s founder, Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay.The Gunung Semanggol assemblyman later admitted his mistake and issued an apology to Yeoh, YTL Corporation, and anyone affected by the misunderstanding.
“The report referred to about ten seconds of my statement regarding Hannah Yeoh out of a speech that lasted more than half an hour. “I am also slightly disappointed with the reporting, which seemed to deliberately focus on this mistake while neglecting other parts of the speech and the success of the three-day programme.
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