Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin will know on Feb 7 whether he succeeds in his appeal against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s defamation suit over a “main belakang” remark uttered in 2008.
The Court of Appeal set the decision date after hearing submissions from lawyers for both parties during online proceedings conducted via Zoom today.
A three-person bench chaired by Lee Swee Seng heard submissions by Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and Gopal Sri Ram, who are lead counsels for Khairy and Anwar respectively.
The other members of the bench are Darryl Goon Siew Chye and Ghazali Cha.
Rembau MP Khairy is appealing against the Kuala Lumpur High Court decision on Sept 29, 2017, which ruled that he was liable for defaming Anwar, with the remark made at a ceramah in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, in early 2008, just before the 12th general election.
The lower court had ordered the Umno lawmaker to pay RM150,000 in damages to the Port Dickson MP.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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