Judge Azizul Azmi Adnan set the date after hearing submissions from lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, representing Khairy, and lawyer R Sivarasa, acting for Anwar.
The court also set the same date for a decision on Khairy’s application to amend his statement of defence by inserting the element of fair comment with regard to his statement.
The hearing of the suit ended after 12 witnesses gave their evidence from Sept 19, 2016.
However, Khairy then filed an application to amend his statement of defence.
On March 7, 2008, Anwar filed the suit against Khairy, claiming RM100 million in damages from the minister, who was the Umno Youth vice-chief then, for allegedly uttering defamatory words and disseminating a video clip titled, “Anwar and kin no threat”, which appeared on websites, including Malaysiakini.com.
Anwar claimed the video clip contained defamatory remarks made by Khairy in his speech at a ceramah in Lembah Pantai, here, on or around Feb 20, 2008.
Khairy, in his statement of defence filed on Oct 8, 2010, said his defence hinged on justification and conditional protection.