National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFC) will continue with its committal proceedings (contempt of court) against PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli after he refused to remove an article about NFC from his blog and Facebook.
Its lawyer Noor Farhah Mustaffa and executive chairperson Mohamad Salleh Ismail told reporters this when met after case management in chambers today before High Court judge Nik Hasmat Nik Mohamad.
Rafizi was represented by counsel Ng Siau San.
According to Noor Farhah, both parties failed to reach an agreement after Ng informed her that Rafizi rejected a number of conditions set by Salleh, including removing the article implicating NFC from his blog and Facebook.
"If Rafizi had agreed to the conditions, my client would have withdrawn the committal proceedings against him,” she said.
She said the court fixed Aug 24 to hear the committal application.
On May 23, 2017, Salleh and NFC were granted leave to commence committal proceedings against Rafizi after the former Pandan MP posted an article about NFC again, despite a court order forbidding him to do so.
Rafizi had applied to set aside Salleh and NFC’s committal application related to the sale of property at KL Eco City, Bangsar.
On Oct 31, 2016, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur ruled in favour of the applicants in their defamation suit and ordered Rafizi to pay damages totalling RM200,000.
Salleh and NFC have also named Malaysiakini in their suit but they lost and were ordered to pay RM50,000 in costs to the news portal.
- Bernama
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