The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today allowed the application by former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob for an injunction in his defamation suit against former Umno supreme council member Lokman Noor Adam.

Judge Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh made the ruling after the lawyers representing Ismail Sabri and Lokman agreed to the injunction order, which is in effect until the disposal of the case.

“The consent order is recorded as (in) the terms and...