Court strikes PAS’ bid against Mujahid defamation suit | The Malaysian Insight

Amanah vice-president Mujahid Yusof Rawa is seeking a court order for PAS to retract and delete a defamatory statement from its Facebook account. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 23, 2023.

Mujahid’s counsel, Noorazmir Zakaria said judge Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh made the decision yesterday and ordered the party to pay RM3,000 in costs to Mujahid.Lawyer Mohd Faizi Che Abu, representing PAS, said the court rejected the party’s application after finding issues that need to be addressed, including whether the Facebook account was owned by PAS.

Mujahid filed his suit on December 15, 2022, claiming that on October 16 the same year, PAS had with malicious intent deliberately damaged his reputation and slandered him by publishing a defamatory statement via a status update on the party’s Facebook account.

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