Lim had filed an appeal against a High Court ruling to strike out the suit against former Penang Gerakan chairman Teng Chang Yeow regarding a land deal in Pulau Jerejak.
Teng’s lawyer, Kek Boon Wei, said today that the Court of Appeal deputy registrar, Radzilawatee Abdul Rahman, had fixed another case management hearing on March 16.
That legal question is to be decided next week in another case, that is Lim’s appeal against Malay rights group Perkasa and its president Ibrahim Ali which had labelled him as a “Singapore agent” while he was still the Penang chief minister.
On Sept 22, last year, a three-member Federal Court bench chaired by Nallini Pathmanathan heard Lim’s appeal. Lawyer Americk Sidhu, who represented Lim, confirmed the Feb 26 judgment date.
Lim’s suit against Teng was struck out by the Penang High Court in April 2018 on the grounds that Lim did not have locus standi to file the suit as chief minister.
Lim had sued over comments made by Teng in November 2016 regarding a Penang Development Corporation deal surrounding a piece of land in Pulau Jerejak.
He also named Star Media Group Bhd, its news editor, northern region business journalist David Tan and journalist Crystal Chiam Shiying as defendants over their reports on the controversy.