KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The High Court has decided that the Sultanah of Terengganu, Sultanah Nur Zahirah, does not have to testify in her defamation suit against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown (pic) and two others. Justice Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim granted Sultanah Nur Zahirah's application under Order 14A of the Rules of Court 2012 for the case to be decided through points of law. He said the case would also be decided by the testimony of Rewcastle Brown and two others. When met by reporters, Sultanah Nur Zahirah's counsel Datuk Mohd Haaziq Pillay Abdullah said with the decision, his client did not have to come to court to testify. Sultanah Nur Zahirah contended that she had never involved herself in the administration of Terengganu and the establishment of TIA, and therefore, the statement had slandered and tarnished her reputation.

Source: The Star December 13, 2019 14:15 UTC