High Court will hear application by MCMC to be party in a case
30 Jan 2013, New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will hear on March 1 an application by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to be a party in a case where a woman had been cited for contempt after she disobeyed an order to stop posting defamatory comments against her former Canadian boyfriend on the Internet.
Last October, the High Court had ruled that that student Lee Ching Yan, 28, had breached a court order dated Nov 30, 2011, by posting derogatory remarks against Lee David Clayworth, 35, via Facebook, e-mails and various online sites.
In his ruling then, judge Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera had also ordered MCMC to block or deny access to hyperlinks or the contents of hyperlinks with reference to “Lee David Clayworth” , “Lee Clayworth” or “Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera”.
He had also ordered MCMC to maintain records of the source and identity of parties who attempted to access these hyperlinks.
Today lawyer for MCMC, Shanti Mogan, informed the court that it could not comply with the court order due to technical limitations.
Lawyer for the plaintiff, Harleen Kaur, asked the court for more time to discuss with MCMC what could be done.
Clayworth, 35, a teacher at an international school, had filed a suit against Lee on April 6, 2011 for defamation. He was awarded RM1 million in general and aggravated damages.
Lee has failed to attend court despite a warrant of arrest issued against her.