Sandakan High Court Judicial Commissioner, Yew Jen Kie, has fixed Dec 17 for the case management of the aborted Mazu (Goddess of the Sea) statue suit.

The decision on the appeal by former chief minister Chong Kah Kiat, chairman of the Kudat Thean Hou Charitable Foundation, against the cancellation of the statue project will be known on Feb 13 next year.