00:00Former Law Minister Zayed Ibrahim and two others are seeking to overturn a High Court decision,
00:07dismissing their libel suit against the Malaysian Bar and its former president
00:11over statements concerning their conduct in Najib Razak's final SRC international appeal.
00:17Lawyers Liu Tekhwad and Ruben Matyavaranem, the co-appellants,
00:22confirmed that the notice of appeal was filed well ahead of its 30-day deadline.
00:26The appeal is from a ruling delivered by Justice Rose Mawarozain on May 29.
00:32Matyavaranem said they are now preparing the Memorandum of Appeal for the Court of Appeal
00:37to state where the trial judge erred, which would be filed by August 28.
00:42On September 30, 2022, the lawyers sued then-Bar President Karen Chia for her statement
00:47titled Abuse of Process Brings Disrepute to Our Justice System.
00:51The plaintiffs contended that Chia's remarks implied that the three lawyers had undermined the justice system
00:57through unscrupulous strategies.
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