Zabariah Mohd J:

[1]The plaintiff’s cause of action against the defendant is based on libel and that the plaintiff is claiming for general, special, aggravated and punitive damages and interest. The plaintiff also prays for mandatory and prohibitory injunction compelling the defendant or his agents to remove the libelous words or words to that effect from his blog site and also to restrain the defendant or his agents from further publishing or caused to be published the said libelous words in his blog.

BACKGROUND FACTS

[2]The plaintiff is a senior politician who is renowned locally and internationally. He is a qualified lawyer and currently is a Member of Parliament of Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan from the United Malay National Organisation (‘UMNO’) which is the backbone of the ruling coalition of the Barisan Nasional (‘BN’). He holds or has held in the federal and national level in Malaysia spanning over a period of 30 years under five Prime Ministers of Malaysia. He has served as Cabinet Minister under the various portfolios as stated in para 1 of the statement of claim.

[3]The defendant is a blogger and a committee member of the youth wing of a political party known as the Parti Keadilan