00:00 Sarawak report editor Claire Rewcastle-Brown and two others have appealed to the federal
00:07 court to overturn a ruling that they defamed Turingganu's Sultana Nur Zahira.
00:13 Lawyer Haikal Dinmahidin said Rewcastle-Brown, publisher Chong Ton Sin, and printer Vinland
00:19 Press Sindhiran Berhad filed four legal questions to obtain leave from the apex court.
00:26 The trio will now have to convince the apex court that novel constitutional or legal questions
00:31 of public importance are being raised for the first time, as per section 96 of the Courts
00:36 of Judicature Act.
00:38 Haikal Din said the leave application was filed on January 10 and the federal court
00:43 fixed February 13 for case management.
00:46 On December 12, the court of appeal ordered Rewcastle-Brown, Chong and Vinland Press to
00:52 pay the Sultana 300,000 ringgit in damages and 120,000 ringgit in costs.
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