JOHOR BARU, May 16 -- The High Court here will decide next Monday on the gag order against Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia information committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin that bars him from making any remarks on his ongoing criminal defamation case about a casino in Forest City.

Judge Datuk Abu Bakar Katar made the decision after hearing arguments from prosecution and defence lawyers for today's judicial review application following the April 30 Sessions Court rejection of the prosecution's application in seeking a restraining order against Badrul Hisham.

The prosecution was represented by Kuala Lumpur prosecution director Datin Kalmizah Salleh, senior deputy public prosecutors Mohd Sabri Othman and Abdul Malik Ayob, and aided by dep...