April 29 hearing for Teresa Kok’s suit against Jamal Yunos
KUALA LUMPUR: The lawsuit filed by Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok against Sungai Besar Umno division leader Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos over alleged misuse of Yayasan Warisan Anak Selangor (Yawas) funds will go on trial.
Lawyer K. Murali, representing Kok, said the court would hear the case on April 29.
He said he had not received any instruction from his client to resolve the case through mediation.
He said this yesterday after case management before judge Datuk Ahmad Bache, who had suggested the parties involved resolve the case through mediation.
Present was Jamal’s lawyer, Mohd Nasir Yusof.
On Dec 11, the court proposed that the case be resolved through mediation and fixed two days beginning April 29 to hear the case if the matter could not be settled.
Kok filed the suit on April 6, 2017, over Jamal’s alleged defamatory statement pertaining to Yawas’ funds during a news conference on March 8 that year.
Kok said the statement was published by the print and electronic media, as well as on Jamal’s Facebook page.
Kok, who is Seputeh member of parliament, said the defamatory statement gave the impression that she had misused state government funds for her own use and was an unethical person.
She is seeking RM1 million in general damages, compensatory damages, aggravated damages and exemplary damages, and an injunction to prevent Jamal from making more of such claims in the media.