The Malaysian Insider – Mon, Oct 20, 2014RELATED CONTENT
- That’s not my daughter, says Dyana’s mum on intimate photos
The mother of DAP's Teluk Intan by-election candidate, Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, has denied that her daughter is in a relationship with Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari, a report said today.
"That's not Dyana. Dyana and Zairil are not even a couple," Yammy Samat told Sinar Harian, after photos of the two allegedly in intimate poses went viral online yesterday.
Describing the spread of the photos as slanderous, Yammy said she believed those responsible for them were trying to tarnish her daughter's image for joining DAP.
She said the move could also be a ploy to distract people from the larger issues happening in the country.
"If people can do the same thing to (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim and (Mohamed) Azmin Ali, what more to Dyana. This is not something new, the same thing also happened in Teluk Intan.
"Logically, as a respected MP, would Zairil be doing something that could ruin his image?" she asked, adding that those who were behind the spread of the photos could have run out of ideas in order to have stooped to such a level.
It was reported yesterday that Zairil was looking at legal options to take against those who had created photos of him and Dyana.
Meanwhile, Dyana, 27, also said that she was disgusted at the gutter politics practised against the opposition but added that she would not stoop to the level of the perpetrators by commenting further on the matter.
She said it was not the first time doctored photos were used against her.
Dyana, who was the DAP Teluk Intan by-election candidate, lost to Barisan Nasional's Datuk Mah Siew Keong by a mere 238 votes in May.
During the campaign period, she was subjected to sexist remarks and was also attacked by pro-Barisan Nasional bloggers who spread photos of her allegedly in a bikini. – October 20, 2014.
