Gov't, Bersih negotiating settlement of civil suit

The government and Bersih 2.0 are looking into the possibility of settling the civil suit filed on May 15 last year against members of the coalition for clean and fair elections.

Bersih 2.0 co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan said the trial dates, fixed for four days from today, have been vacated until Jan 16 and 17 next year.

"(The) parties have discussed and looked into the possibility of a settlement. If we do not manage to settle by the January date, we will go for trial," she said.

The trial was to have begun today at the Kuala Lumpur High Court before Justice John Louis O'Hara.

The government had filed the civil suit against Ambiga and nine other steering committee members, seeking reparation of damages allegedly caused during the Bersih 3.0 protest on April 28 last year.

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