1. ) SITI ZABEDAH BINTI KASIM 2. ) ANIS NUR IZZATTY BINTI RUSLAN v 1. ) MOHD FADZLE BIN SALIM 2. ) SAHBUDIN BIN TAHARUDIN 3. ) NOORULAZIRA BINTI WOOK 4. ) MOHD ALWI BIN SULAIMAN 5. ) MAGESHWARY A/P KUMARASAMY 6. ) ABDUL KHAIRUL BIN SANAI MAD 7. ) MARTIN ANAK MACMIN 8. ) SHARIFF HAFIZAL BIN SHARIFF ABAS 9. ) ASRAF BIN MOHD ZAIN 10. ) MOHD NOR HIKMAN BIN AHAMMED 11. ) MOHD HAZRANI BIN HASHIM 12. ) MOHD MAZURI BIN MOHD NAZIR 13. ) SITI KHADIJAH BINTI HASSAN 14. ) MOORTHY A/L KRISHNASAMY 15. ) ID...
Catchwords
A lawyer and her 24-year-old client sued police officers, Hospital Kajang, and the Federal Government over three incidents in June 2018. The client was twice apprehended under section 11 of the Mental Health Act 2001 and subjected to non-consensual medical tests based on a parental complaint, without any independent assessment of her mental state or dangerousness. The lawyer's residence was entered without a warrant, and she was arrested overnight on unfounded charges. The High Court found the defendants liable for false imprisonment, battery, trespass, breach of Article 5 of the Federal Constitution, and misfeasance in public office. General, aggravated, and exemplary damages were awarded. False imprisonment; Mental Health Act 2001; section 11; battery; medical consent; trespass; misfeasance in public office; Article 5 Federal Constitution; police powers; exemplary damages
Judges (1)
Parties (33)
BADAN PEGUAM MALAYSIA Non Party HOSPITAL KAJANG Defendant Kerajaan Malaysia Defendant Ketua Polis Negara Defendant MENTERI DALAM NEGERI Defendant MENTERI KESIHATAN Defendant Polis Diraja Malaysia Defendant Abdul Khairul bin Sanai Mad Defendant Anis Nur Izzatty binti Ruslan Plaintiff Asraf bin Mohd Zain Defendant Christina Ak Nicholas Isaac Defendant Fadzil bin Ahmat Defendant Idrus Ilias bin Mohd Zainal Defendant Kelvin Thien Chen Vun Defendant Mageshwary a/p Kumarasamy Defendant Magesvaran a/l Arunasamy Defendant Martin Anak Macmin Defendant Md Fikri bin Hj Abu Bakar Defendant Mohamad Suffian bin Samsudin Defendant Mohammad Adha Nathuddin bin Abd Latib Defendant Mohd Alwi bin Sulaiman Defendant Mohd Fadzle bin Salim Defendant Mohd Haniff bin Mohamed Hashim Defendant Mohd Hazrani bin Hashim Defendant Mohd Mazuri bin Mohd Nazir Defendant Mohd Nor Hikman bin Ahammed Defendant Moorthy a/l Krishnasamy Defendant Noorulazira binti Wook Defendant Sahbudin bin Taharudin Defendant Shanmugam a/l Maharinggam Defendant Shariff Hafizal bin Shariff Abas Defendant Siti Khadijah binti Hassan Defendant Siti Zabedah binti Kasim Plaintiff
Judgment
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