Supermax boss seeks delay of defamation trial

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Stanley Thai says the High Court must first hear his bid to shut out the public and media from the defamation suit brought by his estranged wife, Tan Bee Geok.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/07/22/supermax-boss-seeks-delay-of-defamation-trial   Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/07/22/bos-supermax-mohon-tangguh-perbicaraan-saman-fitnah  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #StanleyThai #TanBeeGeok #Supermax

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00:00Supermax founder and chairman Stanley Tai has asked the High Court to delay the start

00:04of a high-profile defamation trial initiated against him by his estranged wife Tan Bi-yok.

00:10Tai is seeking to state the trial set to begin tomorrow, pending the disposal of an application

00:15filed last week for several protective orders. Among them, Tai wants all proceedings conducted

00:20behind closed doors. Tan, co-founder of the glove-making giant, is suing Tai over a series

00:26of text messages and robo-remarks allegedly made to family and friends three years ago.

00:31Statements she claims were calculated to shame her as a mother, relative, and business leader.

00:36Tai claims the protective orders are necessary to preserve the integrity of the proceedings,

00:41warning that the application would become nugatory, academic, and cause irreparable

00:45prejudice and injury if not heard before the trial commences. The application is scheduled

00:50for case management tomorrow, the same day the trial is set to begin, before Judicial Commissioner

00:55Eddie Yeo. It raises a significant and potentially unprecedented legal question in Malaysia.

01:00Can a defendant, accused in a defamation suit of damaging the plaintiff's public reputation,

01:06restrict the public from proceedings initiated by the plaintiff to restore that reputation?

01:11Tai claims the trial touches on confidential, private family matters that are not of public interest.

01:17He is understood to be calling several well-known individuals to testify, including a former national

01:22badminton player, a prominent businessman, and the manager of a renowned international artiste.

01:27Tai claims one witness is about to get married and would not want past romantic relationships

01:32brought out into the open. Natasha Buse, FMT.

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