PETALING JAYA: Several DAP leaders have set the date for the trial of their defamation suits against Kepala Batas MP Dr Siti Mastura Muhammad (pic) to take place over six days in September.
George Town High Court judge Justice Datuk Quay Chew Soon has scheduled the trial to take place on Sept 2, 3, 7, 18, 19, and 20 after the case review on Friday (Feb 16).
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The next case management date has been fixed for May 15, and the parties have been instructed to provide updates on the filing status of pre-trial documents.
The lawsuits were filed by DAP stalwart Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang, party chairman and Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng, and Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.
They claimed that during a ceramah in Kemaman, Terengganu, the PAS MP had alleged last year that they were related to former Communist Party of Malaya leader Chin Peng and former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
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In separate writs and statements of claim, they stated that her statements implied that they were disloyal and practiced prohibited ideologies.
Datuk Sankara Nair, Jaden Phoon Wai Ken, and Wong Guo Jin represented the plaintiffs, while Mohamad Hakim Fahami Hassan represented the defendant.
