KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today allowed an application by Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil to strike out a counterclaim by independent spe...
: The High Court here today allowed an application by Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil to strike out a counterclaim by independent speaker Ahmad Dusuki Abd Rani.
“The court allowed Fahmi’s application on the grounds that Ahmad Dusuki’s counterclaim did not disclose a reasonable cause of action. Also at the proceedings was lawyer Ananciata Diego, also representing Fahmi, while Ahmad Dusuki was represented by lawyers Mohd Jamil Yaacob and Nur Adeeba Ainaa.Fahmi, who is Lembah Pantai Member of Parliament, filed the suit against Ahmad Dusuki on Sept 5 last year, accusing him of abusing a place of worship, which is a mosque, to campaign for an election and had acted contrary to the orders of the Sultan of Selangor.
According to Fahmi, the slanderous statements were baseless and the Selangor Islamic Religious Council had confirmed that he did not give any political speech as alleged by the defendant.
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