KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has applied for a judgment in default against Pendang MP Datuk Awang Solahuddin Hashim for failing to file a statement of defence...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has applied for a judgment in default against Pendang MP Datuk Awang Solahuddin Hashim for failing to file a statement of defence in response to the prime minister’s defamation suit, within the stipulated time period.
Lawyer Datuk S.N. Nair, representing Anwar, said the writ of summons was served on Awang Solahuddin as the defendant on March 3 and he should have filed a statement of defence by March 21 at the latest. “After recording our objection, the deputy registrar ordered that the matter be brought before the Yang Arif for further action. However, the date of case management will be set later,” said Nair when contacted today.
Anwar claimed that Awang Solahuddin had uttered the defamatory remarks against him at a press conference at the Parliament lobby when attending the Dewan Rakyat sitting on February 21.