The High Court here set three days from Sept 19 to hear former Selangor Mentri Besar Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo's defamation suit against Sekinchan assemblyman Ng Suee Lim.
Senior assistant registrar Syajaratudur Abd Rahman set the dates in her chambers on Monday.
The case is set for hearing before Justice Dr Badariah Sahamid.
Dr Mohamad Khir, in his suit, filed in January last year, claimed that Ng had tried to tarnish his image through a statement, including in the media, about the ownership of a bungalow.
Ng, in his statement of defence, claimed that he had conditional justification to expose any abuse of power by the former mentri besar.
He denied that the statement was defamatory, either in fact or in law.
Ng also said that the statement was a fair comment made in the public's interest and was factually true.
On July 6, 2009, the DAP assemblyman claimed that Dr Mohamad Khir had spent about RM24mil to buy a bungalow in Section 7 here when his income was estimated at only RM576,000 a year, or a total of RM4.6mil, in the eight years that he had held office.
Dr Mohamad Khir denied the allegation and said that the bungalow cost only RM3.5mil and was bought with a 30-year bank loan.
Reported by Bernama
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