PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has set May 14 to hear former Attorney-General (AG), Tan Sri (*14*) Apandi Ali’s software, to acquire leave to pursue his appeal towards the Court of Appeal’s choice in dismissing his RM10 million defamation lawsuit towards DAP veteran, Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang.
His lawyer, M. Visvanathan, confirmed to eNM the hearing date, when contacted right this moment.
Mohamed Apandi filed the applying on Dec 1, final yr, after dropping his appeal on the Court of Appeal on Nov 2, final yr.
He needs the Federal Court to decide 5 authorized questions.
Mohamed Apandi’s swimsuit towards the DAP veteran, over an article on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (IMDB) scandal, was dismissed by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on May 23, 2022.
In his swimsuit, filed in 2019, Mohamed Apandi claimed that, on May 6, 2019, Lim had written and brought about to be revealed an article titled “Dangerous fallacy to assume Malaysia’s on the street to integrity”, in Malaysiakini.
He mentioned that the alleged libellous phrases within the article implied that he was concerned in crime and had abetted within the 1MDB monetary scandal, was an individual with no morals and integrity, was unethical, and had abused his energy when he was the AG.
Mohamed Apandi, who was the AG from July 27, 2015, to June 4, 2018, contended that the libellous phrases have been unfaithful, and written to tarnish his picture and credibility as a former Malaysian AG, for low cost publicity.
He sought aggravated and exemplary damages, in addition to RM10 million generally damages, an injunction to stop Lim and/or his brokers from publishing the alleged defamatory phrases once more, and different reduction deemed match by the courtroom.
High Court Judge, Datuk Azimah Omar (now Court of Appeal decide), in dismissing Mohamed Apandi’s swimsuit, dominated that Lim succeeded in justifying his certified privileges when making these statements, because the 1MDB scandal entails criminality, illegalities and social and financial repercussions to the nation’s financial system, in addition to the morality of the nation’s prime leaders and businesses.
