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Attorney-General, Public Servants Can Be Sued, High Court Rules - Nation | the Star Online 05/04/2016, 11:10 PM Attorney-General, public servants can be sued, High Court rules - Nation | The Star Online 05/04/2016, 11:10 PM Our Sites More UPDATED EVERY 5 MINUTES Refresh Settings Sign in with your Twitter account ! News Business Sport Metro Tech Lifestyle Opinion Videos Property Jobs Autos More Nation Home > News > Nation Friday, 11 April 2014 | MYT 2:23 PM Refresh Settings Attorney-General, public servants Sign in with your Twitter account can be sued, High Court rules BY M. MAGESWARI ADVERTISEMENT StAy updated daily with our FREE email alerts your e-mAil Address Subscribe By clicking on the Subscribe button, it is View deemed thAt you consent to our terms. SAmple Latest News Man allegedly beats wife, Znds her dead in the morning Administration open to renewal of Iran Sanctions Act - U.S. ofZcial Atorney-GenerAl TAn Sri Abdul GAni PAtAil. U.S. would block sAle of RussiAn Su-30 AircrAft to Iran - U.S. ofZcial Italy to take measures against Egypt unless truth KUALA LUMPUR: Absolute immunity for public emerges on dead student More in News servAnts hAs no plAce in A progressive democrAtic ‘Our big fat wedding horror story' Hungary's Orban to pay rare visit to German ex- society, the High Court here ruled Friday. chAncellor Kohl IGP: Rafizi arrested under OSA JudiciAl Commissioner VAzeer AlAm Mydin MeerA Seven injured in explosions at mall sAid this in dismissing An ApplicAtion by the public ‘I’m going to die’: Panicked passenger recalls Indonesia plane prosecutor And 11 others to strike out A civil suit Zled collision by former CommerciAl Crimes Investigation Penang Umno leaders, developer Department (CCID) director DAtuk RAmli Yusuff http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2014/04/11/ag-public-servants-can-be-sued/ Page 1 of 4 Attorney-General, public servants can be sued, High Court rules - Nation | The Star Online 05/04/2016, 11:10 PM drop legal action against Guan Eng Against them And Another similAr ApplicAtion over A # " ! suit by lAwyer Rosli DAhlAn Against the Attorney- 6 GenerAl And 10 others. NOW SHOWING SHOWTIMES HAPPENINGS The defence teAm for TAn Sri Abdul GAni PAtAil And two deputy public prosecutors hAd submitted thAt the clAim Against them could not be sustAined As they enjoyed Absolute immunity from prosecution. "I Am AfrAid thAt the notion of Absolute immunity for A public servAnt, even if mAlA Zde or Abuse of power in the exercise of their prosecutoriAl power is Alleged in the pleAdings, is AnAthemA to the modern day notions of AccountAbility," he sAid. JC VAzeer AlAm sAid he Agreed thAt the deliberAte Abuse of power by A person holding public ofZce wAs wrongful And referred to As misfeAsAnce in public ofZce. Most Viewed "Such A tortious (wrongful) Act cAn Arise when An ofZcer, ActuAted by mAlice, for Dad Znds son hanged on April Fool’s day exAmple, by personAl spite or A desire to injure for improper reAsons, Abuses his Eight injured in explosions at mall power. Mum Zned for offering sex to cop "This is in keeping with developments in modern jurisprudence thAt Absolute Couple wed in their old school uniforms immunity for public servAnts hAs no plAce in A progressive democrAtic society," he sAid. Jabing Kho to hang after failing Znal bid to commute sentence He sAid the court wAs only concerned with whether fActs were included in the Lawyer mulls action against Jawi over raid at clAim And if it would hAve to go to triAl for the plAintiff to estAblish his cAse. 'Maknyah' event IGP: RaZzi arrested under OSA "Even judiciAl immunity grAnted to judges or persons Acting in A judiciAl cApacity under Section 14 of the Courts of JudicAture Act 1964 is not Absolute And is Hanipa now in ICU after successful surgery subject to the requirement of good fAith in the exercise of their judiciAl powers," he Shot - gangster who stormed police station with sAid. parang Man forbidden to marry his wet nurse’s daughter Therefore, he sAid he wAs unAble to Accept defendants' contention thAt the clAim Against three of them wAs unsustAinAble by reAson of immunity. Trending in Family He Also ruled thAt Although the Acts Allegedly Attributed to some of the How do you tell your child that your defendants were committed in their cApacity As ofZcers of the then Anti- marriAge is falling Apart? Corruption Agency (ACA), the MalAysiAn Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) wAs the proper party to be brought in As A defendant in the civil dispute. Dear Thelma: My wife is a liar and cheAts on me "I Znd thAt by virtue of Section 74 of the MalAysiAn Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, Any Act done or Action tAken by the ACA or An ofZcer of the ACA shAll be deemed to hAve been continued by the MACC (As its successor)," he sAid. A successful pregnancy & normal baby is possible He Also held thAt Action would hAve to be brought in Against the Inspector-GenerAl of Police (IGP) And not the RoyAl MalAysiAn Police, (PDRM) nAmed As A defendant More than 2 caffeine drinks a day in both suits, As it is not A legal entity. He Allowed for proper Amendment in the raises risk of miscArriAge clAim. JC VAzeer AlAm set June 18 for cAse mAnAgement. These abandoned children Znd new life in choir In the RM128.5mil suit Zled on Nov 1 lAst yeAr, RAmli is suing Abdul GAni, former IGP TAn Sri MusA HAssAn And 10 others for wrongfully chArging him. Powered by In his stAtement of clAim, RAmli sAid he wAs Appointed As the CCID director on May 2, 2006 And wAs indicted on Nov 1, 2007 on chArges under the PenAl Code And Anti-Corruption Act 1997. He is clAiming for conspirAcy, fAlse And mAlicious investigation, Abuse of power, Abuse of prosecutoriAl discretion, mAlicious prosecution And prosecutoriAl http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2014/04/11/ag-public-servants-can-be-sued/ Page 2 of 4 Attorney-General, public servants can be sued, High Court rules - Nation | The Star Online 05/04/2016, 11:10 PM misconduct And public misfeAsAnce to injure him. Trending in Proper,es In the similAr suit Zled by Rosli Against the MACC, the Government And nine New commercial centre for Camerons others, he is seeking for RM47mil in damAges. S P Se,a confirms appointments of top management Counsel ChetAn JethwAni And PArvinder Kaur CheemA Acted for Rosli, while Johor Rehda to help buyers secure housing HArvinderjit Singh AppeAred for RAmli. 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