KOTA KINABALU, Sept. 4 -- Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat) information chief Datuk Haji Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan has strongly denied a viral WhatsApp screenshot allegedly involving him and several individuals, describing it as a malicious fabrication aimed at tarnishing his reputation and the party's image.

"I categorically deny the circulation of the WhatsApp screenshot that supposedly involved me with several other individuals. This vile slander was deliberately created to damage my name and smear the image of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat)," he said in a statement on Wednesday.

Nizam, who is also Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister and Apas assemblyman, said he lodged a police report on the matter at the ...