Two senior employees of PAS’ news organ Harakah have been ordered to file their defence in a defamation suit filed by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
High Court senior assistant registrar V. Vanita ordered the two defendants to file their defence by April 24.
In the suit filed on March 18, Najib named Harakah managing director and writer Dr Rosli Yaakop and Harakahdaily portal’s editor-in-chief Taufek Yahya as defendants.
Najib sued both defendants over an article published on the portal in relation to Government investment arm 1MDB and Najib’s stepson Riza Aziz.
Speaking to reporters here on, Najib’s lawyer Nor Emelia Iszeham said the Prime Minister has been asked to reply to the defence statement by May 8.
The suit is fixed for case management before High Court judge Justice Hue Siew Kheng on May 28.
Lawyer Azhana Mohd Khairuddin who appeared for the defendants, confirmed that they have been ordered to file their defence within the stipulated period.
