Judicial commissioner Gan Techiong granted the application following an ex parte hearing of the application filed by lawyers S Raam Kumar and Norleena Jamal, who represented Razarudin.

“The hearing date for the inter parte committal application will be set later,” he said.

Razarudin filed the committal application on Jan 24, seeking to have Wan Azri imprisoned or fined for contempt of court after failing to comply with an injunction order issued on Jan 10.

The blogger had allegedly posted content about Razarudin on YouTube, TikTok, X, and Telegram.

On Jan 10, the court issued an injunction prohibiting Wan Azri or his agents from publishing or disseminating defamatory statements against Razarudin on any social media platform until the defamation suit is resolved.

The court also barred him or any of his representatives from causing the republication of statements, videos, statuses, comments, or any references to the plaintiff.

These materials relate to Razarudin’s position as IGP and in his personal capacity, whether in writing, verbally, online or via instant messaging platforms such as Telegram and WhatsApp.

Wan Azri was also ordered to retract, remove and delete video postings on his YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Telegram, and X accounts dated Dec 14, 15, 20 and 22 last year, which contained the alleged defamatory statements against Razarudin.

On Dec 26 last year, Razarudin filed a RM3 million lawsuit against Wan Azri over alleged defamation, which also involved Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.