The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today awarded RM40,000 to a 32-year-old protester at the Bersih 3 rally after a tear gas canister fired by the police hit his right eye causing him to lose sight.

Judicial commissioner Mohd Firuz Jaffril, however, slashed the award by 30 percent due to negligence by Asrul Wadi Ahmad for not dispersing from the protest area when required to do so by the authorities.

As a result, the damages will only amount to RM28,000...