PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal Monday upheld a High Court decision which found the police liable for the unlawful arrest of five human rights lawyers and an activist who took part in the Human Rights Day Walk in Kuala Lumpur in 2007 and ordered them to pay RM10,000 in damages to each of the six people.
A three-member panel led by Datuk Zaharah Ibrahim unanimously dismissed the police and the Government's appeal to reverse the High Court decision declaring as unlawful the arrest of the six and awarding them RM10,000 each in general damages and RM60,000 in legal costs.
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