editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown failed in her bid to stay the hearing of a suit filed by the Sultanah of Terengganu, Sultanah Nur Zahirah, over an allegedly defamatory statement in the book, “Lawyer Datuk Mohd Haaziq Pillay, who is representing Sultanah Nur Zahirah, said Judicial Commissioner of High Court John Lee Kien How @ Mohd Johan Lee dismissed Rewcastle-Brown’s application with costs of RM5,000.
Meanwhile, Rewcastle-Brown’s counsel Mervyn Lai said the court rejected his client’s application after finding the application would deprive the plaintiff of having her case heard and decided. Based on the notice of application filed through Messrs Tommy Thomas on December 13, 2021, Rewcastle-Brown applied for an order to stay the hearing of the suit, pending the disposal of a criminal case faced by her in the Kuala Terengganu Magistrates’ Court.
Sultanah Nur Zahirah claimed that the said statement, among others, meant that she was involved in corruption and interfering in the administration of the Terengganu government, besides using her status to influence the establishment of the Terengganu Investment Authority , later known as 1Malaysia Development Berhad .
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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