Mediation between Saifuddin and Zuraida fails, defamation suit to go to trial next year


KUALA LUMPUR: A mediation between PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pic) and former PKR vice-president Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin in a defamation lawsuit filed by the former has failed and the case is set to go on trial next year.

Lawyer Chiew Choon Man, who acted for Saifuddin, said the mediation, which took place via Zoom before Kuala Lumpur High Court mediation division director Wan Fadhilah Nor Wan Idris here on Wednesday (Aug 11), ended with no conclusive settlement.

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