Counsel Puteri Ummi Kartini Abd Latiff, representing SM Faisal, said if the matter was not resolved, the court had set Oct 4-6 next year to hear the case.

“Case management is set for July 3, 2023 for further directions,” she said when contacted after the online case management before judge Azian Othman.

Caprice, whose real name is Ariz Ramli, was represented by counsel, Harjoth Singh.

Faisal filed a suit against the rapper on Aug 15 for allegedly uploading a defamatory posting on his Instagram linking the businessman to the case of his ex-wife, Emilia Hanafi.

In the statement of claim, Faisal, as the plaintiff, said that on June 27, the Kuala Lumpur shariah high court had ordered Emilia to serve seven days in prison after she was found to have failed to comply with the court’s commitment order.

Faisal claimed that on June 28, Ariz, the defendant, defamed the plaintiff or the shariah court by uploading a defamatory post on Instagram.

He claimed the slanderous message, among other things, meant that he was a cruel and reckless man who wanted to imprison his ex-wife in addition to being inconsiderate and acting aggressively towards women or children.

The plaintiff is seeking general, punitive, exemplary, aggravated damages and costs in addition to an injunction order requesting for the defendant to remove and delete the defamatory post.