{"id":869043,"date":"2025-08-30T00:14:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/albert-sues-smm-for-defamation-over-viral-jet-photo-statement\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T00:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:14:33","slug":"albert-sues-smm-for-defamation-over-viral-jet-photo-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/albert-sues-smm-for-defamation-over-viral-jet-photo-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Albert sues SMM for &#8216;defamation&#8217; over viral jet photo statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.newscdn.net\/desktop\/img\/mk-small-logo-50.png\" alt=\"mk-logo\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\"><\/p>\n<p>News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Albert sues SMM for &#8216;defamation&#8217; over viral jet photo statement<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Published: <\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aug 29, 2025 6:02 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u22c5<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Updated: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>10:23 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/753782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/?text=https:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/753782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/753782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story_content_analytics\">\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Businessperson-turned-whistleblower Albert Tei has filed a defamation suit against Sabah Mineral Management Sdn Bhd (SMM) over the latter\u2019s statement allegedly implicating him in the circulation of a photo of the company\u2019s officers with a private jet.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement today, Tei said that he is working with his legal counsel in considering further defamation proceedings against SMM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<p><i>Please join the <a href=\"https:\/\/mk.my\/wa_mkini\">Malaysiakini WhatsApp Channel<\/a> to get the latest news and views that matter.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Unlocking Article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Unlocking Article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Blythe Redner <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/753782\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Albert sues SMM for &#8216;defamation&#8217; over viral jet photo statement Published: \u00a0 Aug 29, 2025 6:02 PM \u22c5 Updated: 10:23 AM Businessperson-turned-whistleblower Albert Tei has filed a defamation suit against Sabah Mineral Management Sdn Bhd (SMM) over the latter\u2019s statement allegedly implicating him in the circulation of a photo of the company\u2019s officers with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":869044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34071,25342],"tags":[78392,20571],"class_list":{"0":"post-869043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-albert","8":"category-defamation","9":"tag-albert","10":"tag-defamation"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}