Mohamad, better known as Mat Sabu, faces a charge under Section 500 of the Penal Code for defaming the dead police personnel who were killed while defending themselves at the Bukit Kepong police station and their families (principle charge), and the aggrieved parties (alternative charge) who lodged police reports against Mat Sabu.
Judge Ikmal Hishan Mohd Tajuddin fixed mention on Oct 27 and trial on Dec 5-9.
Bail was set at RM15,000.
Asked to comment, Mat Sabu said he expected the court to have made decision.
"This case is about interpretation of history and should be resolved through dialogue and debate, not by the court," he added.
"However, since it is a court case, we have to face it," he added.
Mat Sabu said that the government was losing ground among the youth and had to deal with him by using physical force and legal means.
On Aug 27, Umno-owned daily Utusan Malaysia had published several reports alleging that Mat Sabu had praised communists who had attacked the Bukit Kepong police station in 1950, leaving 26 people dead.
"But history has been covered up. Jins Samsuddin, who made the (Bukit Kepong) film, ...is an Umno (member). His story of Bukit Kepong (said that) those who attacked the police station were criminals..." Mat Sabu was quoted as saying.
The reports further alleged that the PAS deputy president had treated Mat Indera as a freedom fighter.
Mat Sabu has since claimed that Utusan had grossly distorted his words and has filed a defamation suit against the Umno-owned daily.
The speech also sparked debate between BN and the opposition on the country's independence history and whether it was ever colonised.
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