Judicial commissioner Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid asked Arun’s lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan to give an undertaking that Arun would stop making any statements related to the case. Arun’s lawyer agreed to the request by the judicial commissioner.

This was revealed by defence lawyer Maanveer Singh Dhillon, who was present at the case management session on Zoom this morning.

Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Amril Johari said the application for a gag order against Arun was made on June 18. A decision on the application will be made on July 28.

Arun has been vocal over the past two months in urging the prosecutors to look into new evidence in the murder trial.

Two weeks ago, he said prosecutors were giving Nhaveen’s family the “silent treatment” despite the apparent discovery of new evidence related to the brutal and fatal bashing of the 18-year-old four years ago.

The murder trial is scheduled to continue on June 29 and 30.