DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang and former inspector-general of police Hanif Omar have to appear in court on Aug 28 after their attempt to reach an out-of-court settlement over Lim's defamation suit reached a dead-end.

According to Lim's counsel Rayveni Asogan, High Court judge Azimah Omar told lawyers representing the plaintiff and defendant that she wants to meet their clients on that date...