IF anyone can count on civil suit damages as a means of living, DAP lawmaker Teresa Kok would surely qualify.
Recall that the six-term Seputeh MP is slated for a courtroom showdown with UMNO Youth chief Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh on Feb 12-13 in which RM25 mil in damages for defamation is at stake.
Even before that case has been heard, it appears, however, that there are those who are keen to become litigation fodder for the former DAP vice-chairman.
The latest incident involves spurious claims that the 61-year-old seasoned politician had mandated that halal certification was required for porcine products.
Yes, ridiculous, isn’t it? But with a certain demographic, all form of slander, lies and misinformation becomes inherently believable when it is connected to DAP.
It would seem that decades of painting the DAP as evil bogeymen has created a scenario that allow for further spreading of such malicious content.
Urging her followers on Facebook to spread the word around that this was indeed fake news, the former plantation industries and commodities minister had in no uncertain terms denied making such statements.
The post has generated 2.1K likes, 1.2K comments and 153 shares at time of writing, denoting many were keen to spread the word.
Quite a few Madani backers urged the tenacious Kuala Lumpur-born politician of Hakka descent to sue those responsible for spreading such lies.
Some believed that making a police report was the best way to prevent bertroopers from doing mischief.
A similar message was also repeated by Facebooker Dennis Prem Kumar Chandran who highlighted that the fake news had been uploaded on “PAS PN Seluruh Malaysia FB page” (allegedly) by a PAS supporter going by the name of “Mohd Noor”.
It was argued that such fake news was “fitnah (slander)” and that those responsible should face the full brunt of the law.
“Walaun (diehard PAS supporters), PAS and slanders are inseparable,” lamented the old boy of Penang Free School.
Many commenters reserved their opprobrium for PAS for spreading such falsehoods.
It was further postulated that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) should be more proactive in clamping down such dangerous content that sought to create discord by playing up 3R (race, royalty and religion) sentiments.
One commenter advised against taking everything at face value. With social media, all manner of mischief can be planted to make a person or political party look bad.
On this note, he urged PAS leadership to condemn this practice of spreading fake news as it put the party in a bad light.
That suggestion though was roundly ridiculed with other commenters reminding him of other incidences whereby PAS were guilty of spreading falsehoods.
While some citizens believe that such incidences will allow for Kok to have a very prosperous Chinese New Year with bumper award in damages, it is very telling that such fake news is regularly weaponised to besmirch DAP.
There are plenty of constructive or legitimate ways to attack that party without resorting to slander. – Jan 15, 2026
