The Kuala Lumpur High Court today struck out the RM50 million lawsuit against the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) over its alleged failure to launch a public inquiry into the Petaling Jaya Selatan racial violence two years ago.

According to the plaintiffs' lawyer M Manoharan, judge Abdul Malik Ishak made the ruling o­n the grounds that the commission had the full discretion o­n whether to hold an inquiry and the manner in which it is to be conducted.

However, the lawyer added that an appeal would definitely be filed against the verdict.