KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 – The publishing of the company The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd today managed to obtain the permission for judicial review of the suspension of two publications by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA). There were two publishing company as The Edge Malaysia and The Edge Financial Daily that has been suspended the publication for three months which had started from July 27 report on issues related to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
High Court Judge Datuk Asmabi Mohamad also had make the decision in chambers that to presence of the Senior Federal Counsel Alice Loke lawyer that had representing the ministry and publishing company, Daryl Goon. Alice told reporters later that the court had rejected the company’s application for a temporary suspension of the suspension of the two publications so that inter-parte hearing of the application.
The court set the next Wednesday (August 12) for inter-parte hearing of the application. On July 27 the company filed an application for judicial review, naming the Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs as respondents.
The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd has applied for authorization to institute proceedings under Order 53 Rule 3 of the Rules of Court in 2012 for an order of certiorari to the Court rejected the decision of the Minister of the Interior. The publishing company also sought an interim order for suspension of the execution of the decision until the hearing of the application and cost.
