KUALA LUMPUR: Rapper Caprice, whose real name is Ariz Ramli, is given until Oct 2 to file his defence statement in a defamation suit filed against him by entrepreneur Muhammad Asyraf Khalid.
Lawyer Abdul Hakeem Aiman, representing Muhammad Asyraf, said High Court Judge Datuk Anand Ponnudurai also set Oct 16 for his client to file a reply to the statement of defence and Oct 17 for case management.
The defendant also did not object to the plaintiff’s injunction application, he told reporters after the case management today.
Last Aug 18, Judge Anand ordered Caprice to archive 31 allegedly defamatory posts against Muhammad Asyraf that were uploaded to his Instagram.
The judge made the order after allowing an application by Muhammad Asyraf, who is the stepson of Biduanita Negara Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin, for an ex parte ad-interim injunction.
In the suit filed on Aug 4, Muhammad Asyraf, 33, claimed that Caprice had published 31 allegedly defamatory posts against him on his Instagram between July 30 and Aug 2 this year.
He claimed that the defamatory posts, among other things, meant that he is a disgrace for inviting Murad Zaidi, who was his personal trainer, on an Audio Siar (Podcast), simply to give the man a chance to defend himself via social media, while ignoring the injuries suffered by the victim due to the man’s actions.
He said the posting also implied that he, as the son of Datuk Seri Khalid Mohammad Jiwa or “Dato K”, who is the husband of Siti Nurhaliza, had abused money, power, influence and family ties to supposedly trap Caprice.
According to him, although he had decided not to broadcast the full episode of Murad Zaidi as Caprice wanted, Caprice still continued to attack him.
As such, he sought an injunction to prevent Caprice, its employees, representatives or agents from publishing, distributing, spreading or repeating defamatory postings, whether oral or written, against him on any social media platform and to delete the postings on any social media platform within 24 hours from the date of judgment.
The plaintiff also requested the defendant to make a public apology via video and publish it on all of the defendant’s social media accounts, in addition to claiming general damages, aggravated damages, costs and other relief deemed appropriate by the court.
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