Malaysian police acted unlawfully in arresting six human rights lawyers and activists who took part in the Human Rights Day Walk in 2007, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled in a civil suit today.
High Court judge Datuk John Louis O'Hara awarded each plaintiff RM10,000 in general damages. He also awarded costs of RM60,000.
The six were R. Sivarasa, N. Surendran, Latheefa Koya, Eric Paulsen, Amer Hamzah Arshad and Johny Andu @ Abu Bakar Adnan.
The six filed a civil suit on December 8, 2010 against the then Dang Wangi deputy police chief, Superintendent Che Hamzah Che Ismail, the Inspector General of Police, the Home Ministry and the Government of Malaysia.
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