KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court on Thursday allowed the application of Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil to transfer his lawsuit against Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, also known as Papagomo, to another High Court here.
Lawyer Asheeq Ali Sethi Alivi, representing Fahmi, said Judge Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh allowed the application after there was no objection from the defendant . "We will also file an application for all three defamation lawsuits to be heard together as all three cases involve almost the same facts and witnesses from the plaintiff,” said the lawyer when contacted by Bernama Thursday.
According to his statement of claim, Fahmi alleges that all three defendants published defamatory statements accusing him of misusing a place of worship, namely a mosque, for election campaigning purposes and acting contrary to the decrees and orders of the Sultan of Selangor.