MP sues over 'race-card politics' claim. From: Yorkshire Post (Leeds, England) | Date: November 13, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Johnston Publishing Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A GOVERNMENT Minister launched a libel action yesterday over allegations that he employed "gangs of Asian thugs" to ensure voters supported a Labour candidate in last year's local elections.

Shahid Malik, the Labour MP for Dewsbury, claims that a weekly newspaper and Tory candidate Jonathan Scott accused him of conducting a "military" campaign during the May 2006 local elections to get the Asian electorate to vote for their "Muslim brothers".

Mr Malik, who is a Minister for International Development, said he was libelled by a letter sent to the Dewsbury Press by Mr Scott ...