{
  "id": 18065585,
  "title": "Mahkamah tolak permohonan 6 individu termasuk Undang tangguh prosiding komital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/mahkamah-tolak-permohonan-6-individu-termasuk-undang-tangguh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T03:53:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/11/04/mahkamah-tolak-permohonan-6-individu-termasuk-undang-tangguh-prosiding-komital"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mahkamah Rayuan in Kuala Lumpur has dismissed an appeal from six individuals challenging a high court order to halt a committal proceeding against them, related to the appointment of the Yang Di Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. The plaintiffs are former state legislators Mubarak Dohak, Maarof Mat Rashad, Muhammed Abdullah, Abdul Rahim Yasin, Tunku Syed Razman Tunku Syed Idrus Al-Qadri, and Badarudin Abdul Khalid. The court stated that the committal proceeding must be heard promptly to preserve the dignity of the court. In a unanimous decision, Judge Amarjeet Singh noted that the plaintiffs also failed to appear in court with a clean record. The three-judge panel consisted of Judge Alwi Abdul Wahab and Judge Shahnaz Sulaiman. The legal dispute began on May 5 last year when Mubarak and five others filed a petition at the High Court seeking a copy of a private meeting of the Democratic Action Party (DKU), held on April 17. The meeting minutes contained the decision to dismiss Mubarak as the state legislator for Sungai Ujong. On June 5, the High Court issued an interim injunction to maintain the status quo, specifically the composition of DKU and the position of Raja Norazli as the Yang Di Pertuan Besar, pending a court decision on the issue of jurisdiction and whether the dispute could be heard, and until a subsequent order was issued. However, Raja Norazli claimed that a media report on the same day showed the plaintiff, particularly Maarof, involved in the appointment of the Negeri Sembilan Yang Di Pertuan Besar in accordance with Article 11 of the State Constitution of Negeri Sembilan 1959, even though the injunction order was still in effect. He claimed that this action was made by circumventing the court order. The subsequent defamation lawsuit, Raja Norazli and DKU sought a court order to commence committal proceedings against the six individuals for defamation against the court. On July 8, High Court Judge Roz Mawar Rozain found prima facie evidence of contempt of court and directed the six individuals to respond to the defamation charges. They subsequently appealed and sought a stay under Section 44 of the Courts of Justice Act 1964. The High Court later allowed separate appeals and ordered the six plaintiffs to pay costs of RM60,000 to the defendants. The plaintiffs were represented by Asmawi Ismail and Nur Asnani Basharudin, while Steven Thiru, Shafrin Halim, and Gurjeevan Singh Sachdev appeared for the defendants. Shafrin later informed the media that the High Court had set 17 November for the management of the committal proceeding before Judge Roz Mawar.",
  "summary": "Mahkamah Rayuan berkata prosiding komital itu perlu didengar dengan segera bagi memelihara kewibawaan mahkamah.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}