PETALING JAYA: Amanah vice-president Mujahid Yusof Rawa has commenced action to enforce a judgment for RM23,000 in legal costs payable by a former PAS leader.
He said the sum became payable after Ahmad Dusuki Abd Rani withdrew an appeal to the Court of Appeal following the dismissal by the lower courts of a lawsuit he brought against the former religious affairs minister.
The former PAS ulama council committee member had sued Mujahid for defamation over claims that Tabung Haji’s assets were sold to non-Muslims.
Mujahid said Dusuki withdrew his appeal in August but has yet to settle the legal costs awarded by the lower court.
“My lawyers have issued letters of demand to Dusuki since September for failing to pay the legal costs.
“Despite withdrawing the appeal, he is still questioning the court’s decision,” he said on Facebook.
Mujahid added that his lawyers have attempted to serve notice of the judgment debtor summons on Dusuki several times but the latter has refused to accept service.
“I would like to remind him that the costs due are a debt which the court has ordered him to pay.”
Last year, the Shah Alam sessions court dismissed Dusuki’s defamation suit against Mujahid for comments made on Twitter in 2020. A subsequent appeal to the High Court was also dismissed.
In his tweet, Mujahid had accused Dusuki of telling “lies and slander” for claiming that Tabung Haji’s assets had been sold to non-Muslims.
The court ruled in Mujahid’s favour and ordered Dusuki to pay RM11,000 in costs to the former.
In September, Mujahid said his lawyers had sent a notice demanding Dusuki settle RM23,000 in total costs ordered by the court. This includes costs incurred in the High Court and Court of Appeal.
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