KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak has obtained a High Court injunction restraining Bloomberg News and its subsidiary from publishing statements he claims to be defamatory.

Judicial commissioner Kan Weng Hin granted the injunction today following legal proceedings initiated by Farhash over an article the news organisation intended to publish.

In a statement today, his lawyers from Messrs Ahmad Deniel, Ruben & Co said the proposed article contained statements and allegations which their client maintained were false, baseless and defamatory.

They said Farhash had received communications from Bloomberg News or its representatives indicating their intention to publish the article before legal proceedings were initiated.