The hearing for the ex-parte leave to institute contempt proceedings against Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Sri Gading MP Abdul Aziz Kaprawi for making comments that are subject to a defamation suit by Mukhriz Mahathir will be heard in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

The matter came up for case management today before Justice Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, who is also the presiding judge in Mukhriz's defamation suit against Najib's press secretary Tengku Sariffuddin Tengku Ahmad.

Acting for the former Kedah menteri besar, lawyers Haniff Khatri Abdulla and Fahmi Abdul Moin said they had also filed an application against Abdul Aziz...