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KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): The High Court has ordered Selangor PAS Youth chief Syarhan Humaizi Halim to file his statement of defence by March 25 in a suit filed by Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok against him for allegedly implying in a Facebook post that she was anti-Islam.

Kok's lawyer, Sankara N. Nair, told reporters deputy registrar Norliza Hussin issued the order today. The court has also set April 23 for further case management of the matter before judge Datuk Mohd Firuz Jaffril, he said.

Kok, in her suit filed on Feb 4, is seeking damages from Syarhan over the post in his personal Facebook page on Jan 19 titled "Ucapan YB Ustaz Khalil Benar: DAP Jangan Kurang Ajar (Ustaz Khalil's speech was true, DAP do not be rude)".

Kok claims that Syarhan had written and published an article whose contents, in their ordinary and natural meaning, meant that she was against Islam, a racist, a bigot and a dishonest minister.

She claimed that the article was bereft of the truth, vexatious, grossly negligent and malicious, and aimed to lower her esteem in the eyes of the public, both locally and internationally.

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