KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd and its group editor-in-chief are making a second attempt to settle a lawsuit over the Lahad Datu intrusion.
Ex-opposition leader Anwar's counsel Shahid Adli Kamarudin today confirmed that his client are again trying to settle the suit against Utusan Melayu, which publishes Bahasa Malaysia daily Utusan Malaysia, and Datuk Abdul Aziz Ishak.
On Nov 5 last year, mediation broke down between Anwar and all five defendants - Utusan Melayu, Aziz, television broadcaster TV3, its News and Editorial Operations director Datuk Shaharudin Abd Latif, and Buletin Utama news editor Ing Boon Seng.
Speaking after case management of the suit in High Court judge Datuk Noraini Abdul Rahman's chambers, Shahid said his client is not in any new settlement talks with TV3, Shaharudin, and Ing.
Shahid added that the matter would come up for further case management on May 19, to update the court on the outcome of the new settlement attempt.
Counsel Wan Azmir Wan Majid, who appeared for Utusan Melayu and Aziz, confirmed the new bid to resolve the suit.
Anwar is suing over the articles ‘Opposition Leader Linked To Intrusion?’ and ‘Three Groups Were Responsible’, that were published in Utusan Malaysia on March 2, 2013.
He also alleged that between 8pm and 9pm on the same day, TV3, Shaharudin and Ing broadcasted the news on the Lahad Datu intrusion, based on the Utusan Malaysia newspaper reports.