The Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Razarudin, has obtained an injunction from the High Court to prohibit blogger "Papagomo" (original name Wan Muhammad Azri) from continuing to publish defamatory remarks about him until a court decision on the lawsuit is made.
Judicial Commissioner Yew Jen Kie of the High Court approved the bilateral injunction application submitted by Razarudin on Friday (10th).
"The plaintiff's injunction application is approved, and the defendant must pay the plaintiff RM10,000 in costs. The court has also scheduled a case management on January 20th."
The plaintiff filed a defamation lawsuit on December 26th, seeking RM3 million in damages from Wan Muhammad and demanding that he apologize and retract the defamatory statements made across all social media and internet media accounts.
The High Court issued an injunction to prohibit and prevent the defendant or his agents from publishing or broadcasting any statements implying defamation of the plaintiff on any social media platform.
The court also issued an injunction prohibiting and preventing the defendant or his agents from publishing or causing the republication of statements, videos, statuses, comments, or any form of content involving the plaintiff.
The relevant statements, videos, statuses, and comments targeted Razarudin in his capacity as the Inspector-General of Police, published on social media platforms in written or spoken form, and through messaging applications such as Telegram and WhatsApp.
The court also ordered Wan Muhammad to retract, remove, and delete videos published on December 14th, 15th, 20th, and 22nd on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Telegram, and the X platform, which contained defamatory content about Razarudin.
Earlier, Razarudin's lawyer, La’ang Kuma, told the High Court that on January 3rd, they personally served a unilateral injunction application notification, the plaintiff's affidavit, and a letter regarding a unilateral injunction hearing to Wan Muhammad.
"The letter informed that today would be a court hearing for the bilateral injunction application, but so far neither the defendant nor his lawyer has appeared in court."
Yew Jen Kie initially instructed Razarudin's representative lawyer to contact the defendant’s retained Rafique law firm, planning to adjourn temporarily for an hour. However, La’ang Kuma stated that he had called the law firm 10 times this morning with no answer, prompting Yew Jen Kie to order the continued hearing.