KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — The High Court will decide on Aug 19 an injunction application by Kelantan Umno Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed in a civil suit, to prevent Datuk Husam Musa, PAS and three others from further defaming him over the issue of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGVH) shares.
Judge Datuk Nor Bee Ariffin set the date in chambers after hearing submissions on the inter-parte injunction from counsel Jeffrey John, representing Mustapa, and Azhana Mohd Khairuddin, for the five defendants.
John told reporters that the court had continued the interim injunction which was previously issued to Mustapa until the decision day on Aug 19.
On April 22, Mustapa filed a defamation suit against Husam, then a Kelantan state executive council member, PAS, the party's secretary-general and permit holder of Harakah Datuk Mustafa Ali, chief editor of http:/harakahdaily.net. Zulkifli Sulong and its editor Azmi Yusof.
In his statement of claim, Mustapa stated that Husam, on March 23 this year, during a political ceramah at the Machang Expo Site, Kelantan, had issued defamatory statements on him in connection with the FGVH shares.
The International Trade and Industry Minister also claimed that the alleged defamatory statements were posted by the other four defendants on harakahdaily.net. the following day.
Mustapa, 63, claimed that the statements implied, among others, he was a corrupt leader and politician, not credible and a politician who abused his power for personal gain and for other Umno leaders. — Bernama
