The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has fixed Nov 22 to hear news portal Malaysiakini's application to strike out the defamation suit filed by Umno president and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Umno organising secretary Abdul Rauf Yusoh.

The date was fixed in chambers today by Justice Kamaludin Md Said, following case management on the suit, filed in 2014 by Najib and Abdul Rauf, over comments by readers on the Terengganu imbroglio.

This was related by lawyer Nor Hazira Abu Haiyan, who appeared for Najib and Abdul Rauf.

Najib and Abdul Rauf filed the suit and named the publisher of Malaysiakini, Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, editor-in-chief Steven Gan and then chief editor Fathi Aris Omar, over two articles on comments by readers on the Terengganu imbroglio...