Court orders Najib, three others to file defence over suit for overspending in GE13
(The Malaysian Insider) – The High Court has ordered the prime minister and three others to file their defence in response to a suit by the opposition for allegedly overspending in their 13th general election campaign.
Lawyer Choo Shi Jiu, who appeared together with Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun to represent Datuk Seri Najib Razak, said their client must file his defence by October 1.
“The deputy registrar (Norfauzani Mohd Nordin) has also given instructions that the defendants were also at liberty to file other interlocutory applications by October 9,” he told reporters after a case management.
He said the next case management would be before judicial commissioner Mohd Zaki Wahab on October 9.
Others named as defendants are Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and the Election Commission.
Tengku Adnan has been given until September 15; 1MDB, September 14; and the EC until September 14 to file their defence.
