Mediation fails: DAP leaders' defamation suit against PAS' Kepala Batas MP to go to trial


GEORGE TOWN: DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng and two other senior leaders of the party, as well as Kepala Batas MP Dr Siti Mastura Muhammad, failed to reach an agreement to settle a defamation suit through the mediation process on Wednesday (May 15).

Lawyer Datuk Sankara Narayanan Nair, representing Guan Eng, DAP veteran Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang and Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, said as a settlement could not be reached by the parties involved, the case would proceed to trial, which has been set for Sept 2.

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