Jakarta, August 11, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) and its executive vice-chairperson, Salim Fateh Din, to withdraw their excessive RM100 million (US$24.45 million) defamation lawsuit against veteran journalist P. Gunasegaram over an opinion piece on an urban rail project. P. Gunasegaram is an independent journalist editor, columnist and author. “The massive civil defamation lawsuit against veteran journalist P. Gunasegaram is unreasonable and an attack on press freedom,” said CPJ’s Asia-Pacific Program Coordinator Kunal Majumder. MRCB did not reply to CPJ’s emailed request for comment about the lawsuit. CPJ has previously documented how excessive defamation claims are used to silence and intimidate critical journalists, including in Malaysia.