PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin are attempting settlement talks over a defamation suit.
Lawyer William Leong informed Malaysiakini that both parties will conduct online mediation this morning over his client Saifuddin Nasution’s legal action against Zuraida, who was former PKR vice-president.
“Today (at) 9.30am is a mediation between Saifuddin Nasution and Zuraida on the defamation suit. This is (conducted) online,” said Leong.
Checks at the online cause list found the suit fixed for online mediation before the Kuala Lumpur court’s mediation division director Wan Fadhilah Nor Wan Idris at 9.30am this morning.
Last year, Saifuddin Nasution filed the defamation suit against Ampang MP Zuraida over allegations linked to the Kelantan government and Tabung Amanah Tok Kenali.
The PKR lawmaker had previously claimed the late PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat had at one time appointed him to head the state government-linked company from 2004 to 2007.
Meanwhile, according to a copy of a letter from the Kuala Lumpur Court Mediation Centre filed in the judiciary’s e-filing system on July 8 this year, both plaintiff and defendant have indicated agreement to try mediation to resolve the legal action.
An enclosed copy of an agreement to mediate sighted by Malaysiakini showed the signatures of the legal teams for Saifuddin Nasution and Zuraida, indicating consent to refer the legal dispute for mediation to try reach an amicable settlement for both parties.
Early last year, the defamation action came on the heels of PKR serving a show-cause letter against Zuraida over remarks against PKR president Anwar Ibrahim at a dinner in December, 2019.
Zuraida was among the leaders aligned to PKR deputy president Azmin Ali who spoke during a gathering on Dec 8, 2019, at the height of a rift within the party, marked by a walkout from the final day of PKR’s annual congress.
She had since become a minister in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration, following the collapse of the previous Pakatan Harapan government early last year.
Saifuddin Nasution was the domestic trade, cooperatives and consumerism minister during the Harapan administration.
PKR also has a separate, ongoing RM10 million suit against Zuraida over her leaving the party last year. - Mkini
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