KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 15 -- A man ordered to pay fashion entrepreneur Christy Ng and her company RM180,000 in damages over defamatory social media posts is facing contempt of court proceedings after allegedly failing to publish apologies in newspapers as directed by the High Court.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has fixed Monday to hear a committal application filed by Ng and Christy Ng Sdn Bhd against J Vikneshvra Rau, Berita Harian reported.

The proceedings centre on Vikneshvra's alleged failure to publish full-page, unconditional apologies in Malay- and English-language newspapers, despite having posted an apology on his Threads account in March.

According to a statement issued by law firm Foong Cheng Leong & Co, the dispute began with...