GEORGE TOWN: Student Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam and her father, Saiful Nizam Ab Wahab, who filed a countersuit against a teacher and former headmistress, have objected to government lawyers representing the duo.
In an affidavit, they said it was improper and irregular for a senior federal counsel to defend Ain's teacher and the headmistress, the defendants in the civil case.
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They said if government lawyers represent a public servant in a personal capacity, the Attorney General's Chambers must first issue a certificate allowing them to do so.
They claim the government lawyers cannot act for the headmistress as she was no longer a public servant at time the suit was filed.
The affidavit was confirmed by lawyer SN Nair, who submitted it on their behalf at the Klang Sessions Court recently.
"The action by the government counsel through voluntary intervention is outrageous as they were sued in their personal capacities," news portal FMT quoted Nair as saying.
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Khairul Nizam Sanuddin, 43, a teacher at SMK Puncak Alam, sued Ain and her father for allegedly making defamatory remarks against him on social media and through press interviews.
He was countersued by Ain and her father, who further named the school's former headmistress Sarimah Mohammad Nor, Selangor education director Anismah M Noh, Education Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin and the Federal Government as defendants.
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