Ramasamy’s lawyer, Shamsher Singh Thind, confirmed that an e-review is scheduled for tomorrow before sessions court judge Helmi Ghani to provide an update on the proceedings.

“The new date was fixed as both parties need to confirm something.

“Today is the second mediation session after the first one on April 14,” he said.

Chow also confirmed that mediation is ongoing, with the next session scheduled for July 2.

“Today’s mediation involved defamation suits stemming from the cancelled land deal between Penang Development Corporation (PDC) and Umech Land Sdn Bhd.

“Ramasamy filed the first defamation suit against me, while PDC filed the second suit against him,” he said.

Today’s session was presided over by mediator S Selvaranjini, with V Sithambaram representing both Chow and PDC.

The mediation concerns remarks made by Chow about the now-scrapped land transaction between PDC and Umech Land.

Ramasamy initiated defamation proceedings against Chow on July 18 last year over a statement published on the latter’s official Facebook page on Oct 3, 2023, which Ramasamy alleged gravely damaged his reputation.