KUALA LUMPUR: Former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas claims the lawsuit brought against him by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was to harass and intimidate him from carrying out his duty as the AG and public prosecutor.In a supporting affidavit filed on Wednesday( Nov 24), Thomas said Najib’s claims in the lawsuit were brought by “ reason of malice ” against him as the AG and public prosecutor who preferred the charges in all five cases where Najib stands accused.“ It is my be

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has awarded close to RM300, 000 in damages to the family of factory worker Kamarulnizam Ismail, who died in Tapah prison seven years ago.A three-man bench chaired by Justice Yaacob Md Sam fixed RM290, 800 as the total amount with regards to an appeal filed by Rahaya Salleh, the mother of the deceased, for compensation over her son’s death in police custody.In the unanimous decision, the appellate court awarded RM250, 000 in general damages for negligence and RM40,

Open this photo in gallery The lawsuit was launched by the family of Brody Meekis, who died in the remote Sandy Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario of complications from strep throat in May, 2014. Fred Lum/ The Globe and MailA lawsuit filed by the family of a four-year-old Indigenous boy against the coroner tasked with investigating his death will be allowed to proceed after Ontario’s top court found a judge erred in dismissing it before trial.In a unanimous decision released this week, th

KUALA LUMPUR( Bernama): The High Court here has awarded RM281, 300 in damages to the family of Benedict Thanilas, who died while in police custody four years ago. Judicial Commissioner Quay Chew Soon made the order on damages for the deceased’s wife N. Janagi and daughter B. Angeline after allowing the lawsuit against the government during an online proceeding on Monday( Sept 13). The family had filed the suit against 23 members of the police force, the Inspector-General of Police and the govern

PUTRAJAYA: A factory worker who chose to serve 14 days in jail to save the RM800 fine to repair his car ended up dying in prison seven years ago.... Yesterday, his family was awarded about RM300, 000 in damages by the Court of Appeal.A three-man Bench chaired by Justice Yaacob Md Sam granted RM290, 800 in damages, as well as interest and costs, after partly allowing an appeal filed by Rahaya Salleh, 71, for compensation over the death of her son Kamarulnizam Ismail while in Tapah prison. Kamaru

These bureaucracies are dwarfed in size and scope by big-city municipal police departments, such as the NYPD.... They are also, to be blunt about it, reeling at the moment because they don’t do their jobs very well: long on politicized arm-twisting, short on due process. ANDREW McCARTHY: DEFUND THE POLICE?... I’d rather not go on, because these incidents sully the reputations of thousands of agents who go about their work honorably, day in and day out. But these incidents representmanagementfa

KUALA LUMPUR: SRC International Sdn Bhd, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd( 1MDB), was the victim of a large-scale, multi-jurisdictional fraud orchestrated by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the High Court heard. SRC's lawyer Datuk Lim Chee Wee said that instead of serving the rakyat, the company became a vehicle manipulated by Najib to procure a whopping RM4bil loan from the Retirement Fund Inc( KWAP) to enrich himself by at least US$ 120mil( RM567. 7mil at current

JOHOR BARU: The Johor government welcomes Putrajaya’s decision to review laws relating to the Pulau Batu Puteh case. Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad( pic) expressed his thanks that the government had agreed to set up a special task force to review laws relating to the Pulau Batu Puteh case.“ Johor very much welcomes the decision made by the Cabinet as the issue of Pulau Batu Puteh between Malaysia and Singapore is indeed very close to the state government and its people, both in terms of histo

This is what upsets me most.“ We declared defeat even before going into battle.... Was Johor’s sovereignty not important to the government at the time?... Why were we treated like a step-child state?...

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has claimed that billions of ringgit of SRC International Sdn Bhd’s funds were misappropriated through dubious investments authorised by former company directors.He said out of over 31 “ wrongdoings ” purportedly discovered by the new management, 27 were related to a lack of due diligence and supervision over SRC affairs by its former guardians and caused loss of billions of ringgit.“ The constitution of SRC entrusts the directors exclusively on matters r