Case management of Terengganu Sultanah's suit against Sarawak Report editor on Jan 30

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): The High Court yesterday fixed Jan 30 for case management of the lawsuit filed by Sultanah of Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah, against founder and editor of Sarawak Report, Clare Rewcastle-Brown and two others over defamatory statements in the book The Sarawak Report - The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose.

Lawyer Vishu Kumar, representing Sultanah Nur Zahirah when met by reporters, said the date was set by Justice Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim when the case came up for mention in chambers yesterday.

Vishu, who also mentioned on behalf of lawyer representing Clare said, the court also instructed both parties to file the relevant documents before the date of the case management.

The lawyer also informed that the defendants had filed their defence statement on Dec 5 last year.

Sultanah Nur Zahirah, as the plaintiff, filed the suit on Nov 21, naming Clare or her real name Clare Louis Brown, Gerakbudaya Enterprise publisher Chong Ton Sin and printing company Vinlin Press Sdn Bhd as the first to third defendants.