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Court of Appeal: Detention of lawyers illegal

The Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal by the police and government against the High Court decision that the arrest of five lawyers providing legal aid to 14 participants of a candlelight vigil six years ago was unlawful.

The three-member bench headed by Justice Zaharah Ibrahim also upheld the award of RM75,000 as damages to each of the five lawyers by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur.

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