KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will hear Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok Suh Sim’s application for committal against Pertubuhan Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) president Datuk Azwanddin Hamzah on Feb 18. Her counsel S.N Nair told the press that the court had fixed the new date for the hearing which was supposedly set today. In her suit filed on Jan 8, last year, Kok named Azwanddin in his personal capacity as well as in his capacity as JMM president as the first and second defendants. Kok claimed the speech, in its ordinary and natural meaning, was untrue, malicious, deliberate and had been done without due regard to the truth and was seriously prejudicial to her reputation. Seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages, she said the events had caused her distress, anxiety and shame.

Source: New Strait Times February 04, 2020 05:26 UTC