MP sues over 'race card' vote allegation.

From: Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) | Date: November 13, 2007 | Copyright information

A Government minister has launched a libel action over allegations that he organised "gangs of Asian thugs" to force voters to support a Labour candidate in last year's local elections.

Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik claims comments made by defeated Tory councillor, Jonathan Scott, in the independent newspaper, Dewsbury Press, were false and defamatory.

Mr Scott, a businessman and father-of-two, lost his Dewsbury South seat to Masood Ahmed in a campaign backed by Mr...

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