| Subject: Malaysian court date in suit vs.
police for 1996 APCET conference
COURT FIXES JULY 25 TO HEAR RM87 MLN SUIT AGAINST POLICE
April 19, 2005 10:12pm
KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 (Bernama) -- The High Court today fixed five
days from July 25 to hear the RM87 million suit filed by 33 participants
of the Asia Pacific Conference On East Timor 11 (APCET) in 1996 against
the police who they said had illegally detained them.
Justice Datuk Azmel Ma'amor, who was expected to hear the suit today,
set the date in his chambers.
Senior Federal Counsel Datuk Mary Lim told reporters that the judge had
asked counsel representing the 33 participants to prepare witnesses'
evidence and send it to the court two weeks before the hearing begins.
Among the 33 plantiffs are Parti Keadilan Rakyat vice president Dr
Sanusi Othman, deputy president Dr Syed Hussein Ali, information chief
Chua Tian Chang, Malaysiakini chief executive officer J. Premesh Chandran
and Malaysian Trades Union Congress president Syed Shahir Syed Mohamad.
In the suit filed on Nov 9, 1998, they named former Kuala Lumpur Police
Chief Datuk Ismail Che' Ros, former Dang Wangi OCPD Zainal Abidin Ali,
investigations officer Chief Insp Tengku Hamzah Tengku Abdullah and the
Malaysian government as defendants.
In the statement of claim, the plaintiffs said the police had not
followed the law in issuing a remand order on them.
They said the police detained them while trying to disperse a group of
people who called themselves Barisan Bertindak Rakyat Malaysia who caused
a disturbance when the conference was taking place.
They also said that the police had failed and were careless in their
attempt to put the situation under control and stop the commotion.
The police and government, in their defence, denied this and said that
they had taken immediate steps to stem the chaos.
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