Dec and March hearings for Zakir's defamation suits against Ramasamy

The High Court today set Dec 20 to 22, 2021 and March 14 to 17, 2022 to hear two defamation suits filed by Dr Zakir Naik against Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy.

Two suits filed separately in October and December 2019, on the allegation that Ramasamy issued defamatory statements involving the independent preacher, besides linking Zakir to the LTTE issue.

Lawyer Akberdin Abdul Kader, who represented Zakir as the plaintiff, said that Judge Datuk Mohd Firuz Jaffril set Dec 20 to 22, 2021 and...