The High Court (Appellate and Special Powers Division) in Kuala Lumpur has fixed Oct 21 for case management of the review application by Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, the owner of news website ‘ Malaysiakini ’, of the Home Ministry’s decision to reject its permit application to start a newspaper.

The review application, copies of which were only made available to media members today, was filed on Sept 28 last year.

The company named the Home Minister, Home Ministry secretary-general and the Malaysian government as respondents.

The case was brought up for mention today before Justice Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim who also fixed the same date for the applicant to reply to the respondents’ affidavits.

Mkini Dotcom had applied for the permit under Section 6(1)(a) Act 301 of the Printing Presses and Publications Act  1984 through its director J Premesh to publish a new daily named ‘ Malaysiakini ’.

    

The company said the newspaper would be distributed in the Klang valley with a circulation of 40,000 at RM1 each and would report on current events including political issues, freely and independently.

Counsel K Shanmuga is representing the applicant.

- Bernama