By NIK NAIZI HUSIN
TEMERLOH: The High Court here has set Jan 27 next year for mention of the suit brought by former Raja Permaisuri Agong Cik Puan Siti Aishah Abdul Rahman against paranormal researcher Syed Abdullah Hussein Al-Attas, better known as Uncle Seekers, for breach of confidential information.
Justice Prasad Abraham fixed the date after hearing an inter parte argument from the plaintiff's counsel in chambers.
Justice Abraham also ruled that the Insolvency Department be given time to appoint a counsel for Syed Abdullah, who is a bankrupt, while second defendant and Syed Adullah's father, Syed Hussein Al-Attas was directed to engage his own lawyer.
Siti Aishah was represented by T. Gunaseelan, Anthony M. Sebastian and Ikmal Hisan Idris.
On Dec 3, Siti Aishah filed a suit against Syed Abdullah, claiming he violated an arrangement to keep her information confidential.
She also filed a similar suit against Syed Hussein.
The plaintiff also applied for an injunction to prevent any of her private and confidential details from being published in the defendants' blogs, newspapers, magazine or books or any of their representatives.
Siti Aishah, in her statement of claims, alleged that in June last year, she had asked Syed Abdullah for help after she was said to have suffered from emotional distress, as he had made an oral representation that he could treat the phenomenon.
Siti Aishah said her arrangement with Syed Abdullah was that he would be paid for his services and that he agreed to maintain confidentiality of all information and communication between them during the treatment and not to exploit her in any way.
She said she had paid Syed Abdullah a total of RM15,000 for the treatment, which was terminated.
However, she claimed that details about her and the communication between them were published on the defendants' blogs in November last year.
Siti Aishah is seeking general damages and exemplary damages deemed fit by the court.

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