KUALA LUMPUR: PKR MP Nurul Izzah Anwar has failed to reach a settlement in her defamation suit against a Cabinet minister and the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.
Her counsel Shahid Adli Kamarudin said their terms for settling the suit was not acceptable to the Attorney-General’s Chambers.
“The suit will proceed to trial for three days from Aug 9,” he told reporters after the proceedings in chambers yesterday.
Senior counsel Normastura Ayub confirmed the details.
Nurul Izzah is suing Khalid and Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob for allegedly implying that she committed treason.
Their purported remarks against her came after she was photographed with Jacel Kiram, daughter of Jamalulail Kiram, the self-proclaimed “Sulu Sultan” who ordered the 2013 armed intrusion into Lahad Datu, Sabah.
In her suit, Nurul Izzah claimed that Khalid uttered the slanderous words during a press conference at Bukit Aman on Nov 22, 2015.
She claimed Ismail Sabri also slandered her on the same day, at an event in Bera, Pahang.
She is seeking damages, saying Khalid’s words implied she was involved with the Lahad Datu intrusion, she claimed.
Khalid and Ismail Sabri countered, saying any damage suffered by Nurul Izzah was a consequence of her meeting with Jacel Kiram, and she has no legal right to claim for aggravated damages.
High Court Judicial Commissioner Faizah Jamaludin allowed Nurul Izzah’s application to have her father and de-facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim testify.
May 31 was set for case management.
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