PAS Information chief Nasrudin Hassan has yet to comply with the Penang High Court's order that he pays Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng RM10,000 in costs for posting an offending article on Facebook.

This is according to Lim's special legal officer Raja Syarafina Raja Shuib, who said three months have passed since the High Court in Penang issued the order.

"This order from the honourable High Court clearly states that the defendant (Nasrudin) must pay costs, to prove that he has regretted making baseless claims against the chief minister, and that he would withdraw the article," Raja Syarafina said.

"Failure or refusal to pay the amount, as instructed by the court, shows a contempt of court," she added in a statement today.

Malaysiakini has contacted Nasrudin, and is awaiting the Termeloh MP's response.

Lim filed a defamation suit against Nasrudin on Nasrudin's Facebook post, but withdrew it after both parties agreed to resolve the matter in the High Court in Penang on Jan 18.

Nasrudin agreed to express his regret in court for the article which was posted on his Facebook page on Aug 6, 2014.

He also agreed to retract the article and pay RM10,000 to Lim to cover legal costs.

The case involved his Facebook posting titled ‘Apa Beza Kidex dan Terowong Pulau Pinang’ (What is the difference between the Kinrara-Damansara Expressway and Penang undersea tunnel).

Nasrudin criticised opposition supporters who condemned former Selangor menteri besar Khalid Ibrahim for the Kidex project but did not take Lim to task for the proposed Penang undersea tunnel, which is to link Gurney Drive to mainland Butterworth.

Nasrudin had claimed that the tunnel project was awarded based on direct negotiations but Lim insisted that it was an open tender based on a Request for Proposal exercise.

"We only managed to extract the order from the High Court on Sept 14. Nasrudin and his lawyer were notified about it via a registered post on Sept 19," Raja Syarafina said.