PENANG: A disabled man and his friend have been awarded RM135,000 each in damages from the police and the Government on Monday for falsely imprisoning them for seven days after they were suspected of car theft.
High Court Judicial Commissioner Abdul Wahab Mohamed awarded RM105,000 for general damages for their seven-day remand and another RM30,000 for exemplary and aggravated damages to each claimant.
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