KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 – The hearing of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak application pertaining to suit against Tony Pua has been deferred to Sept 25. It was to delete certain parts of the supporting affidavit filed by Petaling Jaya Utara Member of Parliament Tony Pua Kiam Wee which he had over a defamation suit in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) issue.
The new date in chambers was set by the High Court judge Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera with presence by Prime Minister counsel Choo Shi Jin and Tony Pua counsel Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi. “The court should be hearing the application Wednesday but it had been postponed to Sept 25 due to PM counsel having an assignment on overseas,” said Tony Pua counsel Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi when he met reporters.
“There were the same date also to hear Najib’s application which to delete the several parts of the statement that defence filed by the owner of Mediarakyat.net portal of Chan Chee Kong and also hearing Tony Pua’s application to strike out Najib’s suit. The personal capacity of Najib was filed the first defamation suit on this year March 5 are named Tony Pua, 42, and second defendants are named Chan Chee Kong, 51,” he added.
“Last year Nov 13, Tony Pua was the main speaker that he had made a defamatory remark on 1MDB at DAP fund-raising dinner. The recording of the speech which contained the words that referred, related and defamed to him while the individual known as “prime minister” must have referred specifically to him that had been uploaded by Chan himself and/or his agents on YouTube with the Mediarakyat website under what he described was a libellous as the heading,” claimed by Najib in his statement.
“The publication of the defamatory words had tarnished my reputation as the recorded speech could be easily and widely accessed throughout the world via the Internet, blogs, forums and websites without any restriction and could be reshared. I am seeking general and exemplary damages, costs and an injunction to prevent the two defendants or their agents from publishing further the defamatory words against me,” he added.
