KUALA LUMPUR, August twenty-eight An Utusan Melayu publisher told a High Court here currently which he had no antagonistic intent when he wrote an essay upon DAP chairman Karpal Singh four years ago. Zulkifli Jalil, 40, however, certified which there was inaccuracies as well as misunderstanding in a essay titled "DAP diingat jangan bakar perasaan Melayu" (DAP reminded not to inflame sentiments of Malays).
Zulkifli pronounced which when essay a article, he did not realise which there was a disproportion in a definition of rejecting an Islamic state as well as rejecting Islam as a central sacrament of a country.
He additionally certified to a justice which he did not hit a DAP chairman to clarify a matter when essay a essay as well as which it was written formed upon his knowledge as well as alternative headlines reports upon Karpal Singh's(picture)views upon PAS' struggle to form an Islamic state.
Zulkifli, who is now a headlines editor during Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd, was testifying in a hearing of a RM10-million fit brought Karpal Singh against Utusan Melayu (M) Berhad four years ago for misquoting him upon a matter relating to Islam.
During a proceedings, Zulkifli apologised multiform times to Karpal Singh, observant which he usually realised which a essay was false after Utusan Melayu published an 'apology' upon August 26, 2008 to redress a statement as well as apologise for a error.
Meanwhile, Karpal Singh, in his witness statement read out in court, pronounced a pronounced words (that he rejects Islam as a central sacrament of a country) were wrong as well as which he had never pronounced those words.
He pronounced which Islam was a central sacrament of Malaysia as guaranteed underneath Article 3(1) of a Federal Constitution with freedom to use all! alterna tive religions in assent as well as peace as well as which he had consistently confirmed which stand in his open speeches as well as in Parliament for a final twenty-six years.
"Because of this article, people have started to code me as being anti-Islam as well as someone who upon purpose wants to emanate ill-will among different communities in a country.
"This has a serious inauspicious impact upon my reputation privately as well as as a professional as well as politician," he said.
Karpal Singh, who is Bukit Gelugor Member of Parliament, filed a fit upon Sept 19, 2008, claiming which a Utusan Malaysia journal had published a defamatory essay upon his welcoming speech during a 15th DAP National Congress held upon August 25, 2008.
The hearing prior to Judge Datuk Nik Hasmat Nik Mohamad resumes upon Sept 24.
Lawyer B. Mohana Kumar represented a defendant, while Karpal Singh was represented by counsel Sangeet Kaur. Bernama
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