Ex-ISA detainee Abdul Malek Hussin won a rare law suit against the government over his arrest and torture in 1998, and was awarded RM2.5 million in damages. [Malaysiakini]
I am not sure how the judge has made his call; is the compensation meant for the violence against Abdul Malek, or that the arrest itself is deemed unlawful?
I wonder if there will be any further action against those police officers that were involved in the case. They have committed a crime; monetary compensation is not enough to pay for what they did.
Besides, it is the tax payers, people like us that are going to pay the money. The police lost nothing beside their dented reputation, and we have to pay for the crime that they committed. Quite ridiculous ain’t so?
That is the irony of it all. Whoever wins, the taxpayers loses. Those sick torturers and the ex-IGP must be made to pay. Yhey must not be allowed to get away. Only then will justice be done to Malek. Imagine if you had been subjected to all those things he had undergone.
hi,
you see only tax payer pay, not from the police force pocket. and furthermore do the police force appologise to this poor man. they just don’t care, they will never learn and will even more to come i foresee.
Sometimes we got to see the bright side of our malaysia’s mafia. They takes bribe and helps us save a lot of time. The only bad thing is they are not polite…i mean…if they are more good looking..
The samseng..i mean…individual brainless IGP/police only,…can always argue about the “we have evidences” and then “unfortunately is just misunderstanding” kind of stuffs.., can it be deny and how?