Highland Towers: After 20 years and a settlement, victims left without closure on tragedy


AFTER close to two decades and a RM52mil out-of-court settlement, the civil suits against those held liable for the Highland Towers tragedy have been dropped.

A source told The Star that the suits were “discontinued” between 2011 and 2012, about seven years after an out-of-court settlement was reached in 2004.

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