KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has set Dec 28 for the case management of a suit where two teenage brothers are among four people suing Malaysia Airlines System Bhd, the Government and three others for breach of contract and negligence following the disappearance of Flight MH370.

High Court Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab ordered all parties to file their required applications for hearing proper.

This was confirmed by the plaintiffs’ lawyer C.Y. Ngeow, Malaysia Airlines System Bhd lawyer Saranjit Singh, Malaysia Airlines Bhd counsel Sanjeev Kumar and Federal Counsel Shaiful Nizam Shahrin.

Speaking to reporters here, Ngeow said one of the plaintiffs, Tan Hun Khong, had died, which required them to file proper papers.

The brothers are among five plaintiffs seeking a public apology besides damages to be assessed for loss of support as a result of the death of two passengers, who were directors of an engineering and construction company earning an annual income of RM5.9mil and RM2.5mil respectively.

Tan Wei Hong, 15, and Tan Wei Jie, 13, are the sons of Tan Ah Meng, 46, and Chuang Hsiu Ling, 45, who were on Flight MH370, which took off from KLIA for Beijing on March 8 last year. The couple’s eldest son Tan Wei Chew, 19, was also a passenger.

The other plaintiffs are Ah Meng’s parents and Chuang Hung Chien, the mother of Hsiu Ling.

In the suit filed on Aug 28, they named Malaysia Airlines System Bhd, Malaysia Airlines Bhd, the Civil Aviation Department director-general, the air force chief and the Government as defendants.