KUALA LUMPUR – PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has filed an application to quash an originating summons by two Sabahans over his alleged seditious remark against Christians published in a newspaper five years ago.
Counsel Yusfarizal Yussoff, representing Hadi, said the court had set April 19 for the decision on the application, which was filed yesterday.
“The court also ordered both parties to file a written submission on March 11.
“If there is an additional oral submission from both parties, it will also be heard on the same date (April 19),” he said after an online case management before high court judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir today.
Hadi’s application was also made on the grounds that the suit, filed by Maklin Masiau and Lawrence Jomiji Kinsil@Maximilhian as the first and second plaintiffs, is vexatious, frivolous and an abuse of court process.
The plaintiffs filed the suit on December 9, asking the court to find Hadi guilty of violating Section 3 of the Sedition Act, and to issue a declaration that he is “unfit to hold any position in the government of Malaysia, including that of a position equivalent to a ministerial post”.
In their court filing, the two individuals claimed that Hadi had made a seditious statement in PAS newspaper Harakah against Christians and Christian missionaries on January 18, 2016. – Bernama, January 29, 2021
