The PKR president’s lawyer, Navpreet Singh, said judicial commissioner Johan Abdullah fixed the date after hearing submissions from both parties during an online proceeding.

Navpreet said Anwar was seeking a few documents from Yusoff Rawther as pleaded in his statement of claim, among them a statutory declaration dated Nov 19, 2019.

Lawyer Mahajoth Singh appeared for Yusoff.

In court filings, Anwar stated that the documents requested were important to verify the “factual events” pleaded by Yusoff in his statement of claim.

Navpreet said Anwar’s other application for interrogatories against Yusoff had been withdrawn with costs of RM1,000 paid to the plaintiff.

Yusoff filed the suit against Anwar, accusing him of sexual assault 10 days before he won the Port Dickson by-election on Oct 13, 2018.

He claimed to have suffered serious physical, psychological and social trauma as a result of the incident at Anwar’s residence in Segambut.

Anwar, who was appointed prime minister a week ago, denied the claim and has filed a countersuit.