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KUALA LUMPUR: The lawsuit brought by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin against Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi, over purported defamatory remarks on his Facebook page regarding the quarantine order involving the former prime minister, was amicably settled in the High Court Wednesday (May 29).
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 The High Court here today dismissed Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi’s application to set aside an ex-parte injunction obtained by former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to restrain the former Umno Supreme Council member from republishing alleged defamatory.
Friday, 12 Mar 2021 06:00 PM MYT
BY EMMANUEL SANTA MARIA CHIN
Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court March 12, 2021. Picture by Emmanuel Santa Maria Chin
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 A High Court judge today granted Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin an ad-interim injunction order against Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi, barring him from posting anything defamatory against the prime minister that will serve as an extension to an existing ex-parte injunction order against the Umno man that expires on March 21.
Today’s ad-interim order was granted by Judge Datuk Seri Mohd Firuz Jaffril when the case came up for mention this afternoon and is valid until the disposal of two ongoing applications by the two politicians against each other, both stemming from a defamation suit Muhyiddin served Mohd Puad over an allegedly slanderous Facebook posting.
Muhyiddin gets interim injunction against Puad Zarkashi over defamatory statements (Updated) 01 Mar 2021 / 19:47 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today obtained an interim injunction to restrain Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi from republishing allegedly defamatory statements over quarantine order involving the prime minister on his (Mohd Puad) Facebook page.
Muhyiddin’s lawyer Rosli Dahlan said High Court judge Datuk Seri Mohd Firuz Jaffril allowed the ex-parte application by Muhyiddin this afternoon in the presence of his two other lawyers, Datuk D.P. Naban and Louis Liaw.
“The writ of summons was filed this morning with a certificate of urgency to hear a notice of application for interim injunction. The High Court Judge granted an interim injunction pending disposal of the inter-parte hearing which was fixed on March 12,” he told Bernama via a WhatsApp message.