Federal Court upholds RM350,000 award to Seputeh MP over 2008 arrest


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 11 Jul 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Court has upheld the Court of Appeal's decision in awarding RM350,000 compensation to Seputeh MP Teresa Kok (pic) over her wrongful arrest nine years ago.

In dismissing the leave to appeal by the Government, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Justice Richard Malanjun, who chaired the three man panel, ruled that there was no merit in the application.

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