KUALA LUMPUR: Former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas (pic) and 12 others are seeking to quash a suit by former Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) director Datuk Prof Dr N. Sundra Rajoo for wrongful arrest and prosecution in a criminal breach of trust case.
Also named as plaintiffs are former chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Datuk Seri Mohamad Shukri Abdull; several MACC officers and deputy public prosecutors, namely Khong Hui Li, Mohd Adrian Zaiman Zainiar, Md Yusrin Md Yusof, Mohd Fadhly Mohd Zamry, T. Nesavan, Sharan Raj, Hasmizzy Md Hasim, Kamal Baharin Omar and Mohd Zaki Mohd Salleh; as well as the MACC and the Malaysian government.
Based on the notice of striking out filed on Nov 5, all the defendants claimed that the suit was unreasonable, frivolous and an abuse of the court process.
Senior Federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan, representing all the defendants, said when contacted that the case came up for management on Friday (Nov 12) before before Deputy Registrar Nurliana Ismail, who set Jan 3 for further case management.
In his statement of claim, Sundra Rajoo stated that on the order of Mohamad Shukri and Thomas, MACC officers Mohd Adrian as well as Md Yusrin wrongfully detained him from 8pm on Nov 20, 2018 to 5pm on Nov 21, 2018 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
He claimed that his detention was a violation of Article 5(1) of the Federal Constitution.
Sundra Rajoo claimed that Mohd Adrian and Md Yusrin detained him even though he told them that he had been granted privileges and immunity of a diplomatic agent in his capacity as then AIAC director.
Following that, Sundra Rajoo claimed, he was remanded and removed from his position as AIAC director.
As a result of the detention, he claimed that he was ridiculed and his reputation was also affected.
He is seeking special damages amounting to RM3,749,557.26, aggravated and exemplary damages, with interest of 5% from the date of judgment until the date of full settlement of all the sums ordered, as well as other relief deemed fit by the court. – Bernama