High Court advises NFCorp and Rafizi to settle out of court

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has advised the National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd (NFCorp) and PKR vice president Mohd Rafizi Ramli to settle their case out of court.
Lawyer Noor Farhah Mustaffa, who represented NFCorp executive chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Salleh Ismail, said they would ask Rafizi's lawyer if his client would take down the articles on his blog which NFCorp cited to be in contempt of court.
"If Rafizi agrees to take down the articles, the application will be withdrawn and we will notify the court accordingly," Noor Farhah told reporters outside the courtroom after meeting in the chambers of Justice Nik Hasmat Nik Mohamed today.
The court has fixed June 13 for case management.
The contempt proceedings were filed against Rafizi for allegedly breaching a court injunction in NFC's defamation suit.
The articles on his blog related to the lawsuit were said not to be removed.
In October 2016, Rafizi was ordered by the High Court to pay RM200,000 in damages to NFC and Salleh after the court deemed him to be liable of defamation.
Additionally he also had to pay RM100,000 in costs. Rafizi had turned to the public in July last year to raise the funds and managed to raise RM1.5million.
Salleh filed a bankruptcy notice on July 13 can took effect on Sept 12 against Rafizi for failing to pay RM300,000, with interest, to him and NFC.
Rafizi claimed the bankruptcy notice published on the newspaper was intended to mar his reputation.
On September last year, he said through Facebook that he had settled the damages and costs.