Hadi Awang applies to strike out suit over alleged seditious remark 29 Jan 2021 / 20:35 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has filed an application to quash two Sabahans’ originating summons over the PAS president’s alleged seditious remark against Christians which was published in a newspaper, five years ago.
The application was filed by Abdul Hadi as the defendant through Messrs Yusfarizal Aziz and Zaid yesterday.
Counsel Yusfarizal Yussoff, representing Abdul Hadi, said the court had set April 19 for the decision on the application.
“The court also ordered both parties to file a written submission on March 11. If there is an additional oral submission from both parties, it will also be heard on the same date (April 19),” he said after case management before High Court Judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir through Zoom application today.
Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020 10:23 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
In their court filing, the two Sabahans claimed that PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang had made a seditious statement in PAS newspaper Harakah against Christians and Christian missionaries on January 18, 2016. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 Two Sabahans have filed a lawsuit against PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang as a public interest matter, seeking to have the court declare the politician as unfit for any government posts over his alleged previous seditious remark against Christians.
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