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Six PSM members get RM200,000 settlement
Star - October 8, 2013
The six were detained in a bus along the North-South Expressway on June 25, 2011 on charges of treason against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and were released on July 2 when their remand period expired. They were re-arrested under the (now repealed) Emergency Ordinance and freed 27 days later on July 29.
In the March 23, 2012 suit, Sungai Siput MP Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj, M. Sukumaran, A.P. Letchumanan, Choo Chon Kai, M. Saraswathy and R.R. Sarat Babu had named 82 defendants, including the Inspector-General of Police and his deputy, the Government, the Home Ministry, the Attorney-General, a deputy public prosecutor, as well as 60 police officers.
Justice Hue Siew Kheng recorded the consent judgement entered on the terms of settlement read out by the plaintiffs' counsel Yudistra Darma Dorai yesterday.
He said the plaintiffs and defendants had agreed that the Government and six arresting officers had to pay the plaintiffs RM200,000 in damages, costs and interest.
In their statement of claim, the six claimed that their detention was unjustified and unlawful, and had been done for political reasons. They also claimed that they were denied their legal rights while in custody, including their right to consult a lawyer.
They are also seeking a declaration that their rights under the Federal Constitution had been infringed upon, and are claiming assessed damages, aggravated and exemplary damages, costs, and other damages and relief deemed fit by the court.
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