Can I sue for malicious slander? Yes, you can. Malicious slander involves insulting others. According to the situation, the parties may file a tort lawsuit in civil and private prosecution in criminal cases, and ask the court to decide the crime of insulting residents maliciously.

Those who maliciously slander others generally violate the provisions of Article 42 of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law, and are generally detained for less than five days or fined less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan.

As for the problem that malicious slanderers are suspected of insulting seriously, according to the provisions of Article 246 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), they openly insult others by violence or other means. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights.