This follows a decision by a three-man bench of the Federal Court today, led by Chief Judge of Malaya Ahmad Maarop, to grant leave to appeal to NFCorp and Mohamad Salleh.

Both the High Court and Court of Appeal had dismissed their lawsuits against Nurul Izzah, who is PKR vice-president and Lembah Pantai MP.

In his decision, Ahmad said the court found there were legal questions of importance which required further arguments and a decision by the Federal Court.

He allowed two questions of law, framed by the applicants, for the Federal Court’s determination.

The other two judges were Federal Court judges Hasan Lah and Azahar Mohamed.

The suit was filed on Dec 24, 2013, by NFCorp and Salleh against Nurul Izzah and PKR secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution Ismail in relation to a statement over allegations concerning the purchase of eight units of properties at KL Eco City.

They claimed that Nurul Izzah had made a slanderous statement on Malaysiakini TV on March 7, 2012.

On March 4, 2016, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur dismissed their lawsuit after ruling that the statement, when read as a whole, was not defamatory to NFCorp and Salleh.

NFCorp and Salleh also lost their appeal at the appellate court on July 10, last year.

They were represented by lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah while lawyer Razlan Hadri Zulkifli represented Nurul Izzah and PKR.

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