An alleged victim of abuse and her lawyer have hauled the inspector-general of police (IGP) to court over the duo’s purported unlawful arrest nearly three years ago.

Anis Nur Izzaty Ruslan and outspoken social activist Siti Zabedah Kasim, better known as Siti Kasim, have filed legal action over their arrest in June 2018, after Anis Nur sought refuge in Siti Kassim’s house to escape from her allegedly abusive mother.

The duo’s originating summons seek to compel the IGP and another defendant to reveal the names of...