Former deputy women, family and community development minister Hannah Yeoh and former inspector-general of police Musa Hassan have agreed to mediation to try and settle a defamation suit.
Lawyers for both parties confirmed this with Malaysiakini recently in relation to the Segambut MP's lawsuit against the former top police officer.
The legal action was over Musa’s speech at a forum at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) on Jan 30 last year.
Counsel Lim Wei Jiet and Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz, acting for plaintiff Yeoh (above) and defendant Musa respectively, confirmed that lawyers have signed an agreement to mediate.
According to a copy of the agreement sighted by Malaysiakini, lawyers for both parties signed the agreement to mediate, with Yeoh and Musa’s names listed in the document.
“We, the solicitors representing the abovementioned parties, hereby consent to refer this matter for mediation for the purpose to reach an amicable settlement and to the satisfaction of all parties,” read the agreement dated Oct 25, which also listed High Court judge Quay Chew Soon.
According to the online cause list, the legal action is fixed for case management before Quay in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 29.
Yeoh filed the defamation suit on July 3 last year, following Musa’s speech at the UiTM forum.
On Feb 5 last year, it was reported that Musa was being probed by the police over the speech.
The forum titled 'Wacana Isu Semasa Perjanjian Damai Hat Yai 1989: PKM Menyerah Diri?' (The Hat Yai Peace Accords: Did the Communist Party of Malaya surrender?) was organised by UiTM’s Institute of Malay Rulers.
In his speech, Musa was alleged to have suggested that DAP had published a book over the purported role of the Malays behind the May 13 riots, among others. Yeoh is a member of the political party.
According to a copy of the suit’s statement of claim, Yeoh claimed, among others, that the speech contained defamatory statements that are wholly untrue, disparaging, vexatious, spurious, fallacious and without basis. - Mkini
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