Suhakam unhappy with delay of RM50mil suit against it

comments     Claudia Theophilus     Published     Updated

The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) is peeved that the court had been postponing the hearing of the RM50 million suit filed against it by a group of Petaling Jaya Selatan racial violence victims and their families.

The three-day clashes also known as the Kampung Medan tragedy claimed six lives and left scores maimed.

Suhakam has applied to strike out the suit filed in April this year by the victims, for its alleged failure to launch a public inquiry into the March 2001 tragedy.

Suhakam chairperson Abu Talib Othman said the case, which has been postponed four times, was a matter of public interest.

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