For being detained under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, former Umno leader Khairuddin Abu Hassan said he is willing to drop his unlawful detention and malicious prosecution suit if the damages paid are commensurate with what he has suffered.

Khairuddin told Malaysiakini that he is willing to settle the matter with the government out of court.

"Only if the damages are appropriate for the suffering and loss of assets I suffered.

"I was heavily pressured during my detention when Najib (Abdul Razak) and his kleptocratic government were in power," he said.

Khairuddin had filed an RM8.83 million suit over his detention against several people, including the investigating officers of his Sosma detention case, Wan Aeidil Wan Abdullah, M Chelliah and Habibi Majinji.

Others named in the suit were former inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar; deputy public prosecutors Masri Mohd Daud and Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud, former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali, and the government prior to the 14th general election.

Khairuddin was detained for almost two months in 2015 under Sosma for alleged financial sabotage, after he and his lawyer Matthias Chang lodged multiple reports overseas on the 1MDB affair.

Khairuddin was initially detained under Section 124C of the Penal Code for “activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy,” and later under 124L for financial sabotage.

His and Chang's detention, however, were declared unlawful by the High Court in October 2015, with the Court of Appeal and Federal Court subsequently upholding the decision.

At case management for Khairuddin's suit yesterday, his lawyer Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla said that the court had fixed Sept 28 for further mention.