KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): The defamation suit filed by former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P. Waytha Moorthy against Datuk Ibrahim Ali will proceed, as both parties failed to settle the case through a mediation process at the High Court today. The suit was related to the Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra) president’s speech at the party annual general meeting, three years ago. “The defence will be calling four witnesses, including my client (Ibrahim) to testify, while only Waytha Moorthy as the plaintiff, will testify. “But it is subject to any addition of witnesses depending on the necessity,” he said, adding that the mediation process was conducted via Zoom before deputy registrar (Mediation Division) Ahmad Solihin Abd Wahid. On March 14, 2019, Waytha Moorthy, 54, filed the suit after claiming that Ibrahim, 70, who was named as the defendant, had slandered him while making a speech at the meeting organised on Dec 2, 2018.

Source: The Edge Markets April 19, 2021 10:52 UTC