The Kuala Lumpur High Court will decide on April 7 whether to allow Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to amend his statement of claim to include attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali's decision not to charge him, in the suit against Harakah Daily .

Justice Hue Siew Kheng also fixed June 23, 24, 27, 29, and 30 as the new dates for the hearing of Najib's suit against the PAS mouthpiece over reports on his stepson Riza Aziz.

The hearing was originally fixed for today and the new dates were given following Najib's application and the change of Harakah 's lawyers.

Previously, Harakah was represented by Sepang MP Hanipa Maidin and Faiz Fadzil. Both of them have now joined Parti Amanah Negara.

Today, Harakah was represented by Wan Rohimi Wan Daud while Najib was represented by lawyer Nor Emilia Iszeham.

Najib filed the suit on March 18 last year, naming Harakah managing editor, Dr Rosli Yaakob and the chief editor of Harakahdaily , Taufek Yahya, as the defendants.

This follows the publication of an article written by Rosli on Feb 19, last year based on a New York Times report on Reza and the 1MDB fund issue.

Najib claimed the article contained words which implied that he had misused the 1MDB funds.

As such, he said, the publication of the article had damaged his reputation and caused him to be condemned by the social media and the mass media.

Najib also claimed that Taufek had failed to practise responsible journalism by not verifying the authenticity of the article before publishing it.

He further alleged that the defendants had intentionally published the article for their own agenda – to destroy the people’s confidence and trust in him.

He is seeking general, aggravated and exemplary damages, interests and an injunction to prevent the defendants or their assistants from further publishing the article.