The High Court has awarded lawyer Siti Kasim and her client a total of RM274,375 in damages over an unlawful police raid on the activist’s residence in June 2018.

Judicial commissioner Arziah Mohamed Apandi granted the awards after allowing parts of a lawsuit filed in January 2021 by Siti Kasim - whose full name is Siti Zabedah Kasim - and Anis Nur Izzatty Ruslan against 30 defendants, including the government and the police.

In her judgment...