KUALA LUMPUR: Blogger and website editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin has been given until Friday to remove three articles on his blog which were considered defamatory of lawyer Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah. At the same time, Raja Petra was ordered to reveal the source(s) for these articles as well as the identities of those who have posted their comments and messages on the three articles by Saturday.
These injunctions were granted by judge Datuk Tee Ah Sing in chambers at the High Court about 4.30pm yesterday.
Muhammad Shafee had taken out a writ of summons against Raja Petra for defamation over all the three articles posted on his blog at his Malaysia Today website on Aug 6, 7 and 11.
The plaintiff said in a statement that the order granted by the High Court was against the blogger who continuously and maliciously went on a rampage to defame him.
"I have not seen anything more defamatory than what this man has written. None of what he said is true.
"Even someone with a pea-sized brain would realise the preposterousness of the stories Raja Petra had posted on his blog."
He accused Raja Petra of hiding behind his blog.
The blogger was also sued for defamation relating to the publication of comments, posts and statement that had been posted on the blog by visitors and commentators in relation to the three articles.
Further injunctions were also given prohibiting Raja Petra from publishing or causing to be published or continuing to publish the three offending articles or further articles similar in content to the said articles.
The articles were entitled "Shafee Abdullah: Sodomologist Extraordinaire"; "Money, Power and Sex: What Motivates Man", and "The Real Dalang Behind the Anwar Sodomy Allegation".
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Raja Petra ordered to reveal source and reader IDs
By CECIL FUNG, The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: A High Court here has ordered Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin to reveal his sources for the allegations he made against lawyer Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah in three online articles.
In addition, the wide-ranging order compels him to, within three days of its service to him, reveal the identities of visitors to his web portal who had left comments and messages following the articles.
In the three articles dated Aug 6, Aug 7 and Aug 11, Raja Petra had accused Shafee of masterminding the recent sodomy charge against PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The order, granted by Justice Tee Ah Sing in chambers, also included several injunctions, the first of which directs Raja Petra to remove the defamatory articles from the web portal within two days as well as to remove any other follow up articles and comments posted by visitors.
Injunctions were also granted to restrain him or his agents from further publishing the said articles or any other articles, journals, letters, comments, posts and statements that are defamatory of Shafee on the web portal or any third party websites.
The order was the result of an ex parte summons in chambers filed by the lawyer, who had earlier Wednesday filed a defamation suit against the blogger over the same articles.
The court fixed Sept 2 to hear the inter partes application.
When contacted, Shafee said the order granted by the High Court was against "a blog owner who continuously, maliciously and contumeliously went on a rampage to defame me."
"I have not seen anything more defamatory than what this man has written. None of what he said is true," he said.
Shafee also challenged Raja Petra to enter appearance in this case and dared him to prove the truth of the contents of all three articles.
As at press time, the three articles were still available on the Malaysia Today portal.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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