Five former Internal Security Act detainees, including Batu MP Tian Chua and Hulu Klang assemblyperson Saari Sungib, were today awarded damages of approximately RM4.5 million for their detention in 2001. The other three are activists Hishamuddin Rais, former PKR supreme council member Badrul Amin Baharom and Badaruddin Ismail. This follows the Court of Appeal today partially upholding the Kuala Lumpur High Courts decision. However, then court reduced the quantum of damages for their detention from RM15,000 per day to RM10,000 per day. All five were each awarded exemplary damages of RM30,000 and four of the five - excluding Badaruddin - were awarded RM25,000 as damages for the defamation they suffered. The unanimous decision today was made by a three-member bench led by Court of Appeal judge Abdul Wahab Patail. The other two judges were Justice Rohana Yusof and Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:05:51 +0000
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