KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 ― The High Court has ordered the Malaysian government and police to pay more than RM3 million in damages to the family of missing activist Amri Che Mat for failing to properly investigate his disappearance.
High Court Judge Su Tiang Joo ruled that the federal government and the Royal Malaysia Police were liable for breaching their statutory duties, saying the officers involved in the investigation had acted “unconstitutionally”.
The ruling came after Amri’s wife, Norhayati Mohd Ariffin, filed a lawsuit in 2019 seeking information on her husband’s fate and compensation, relying on findings from a special task force report.
In April 2019, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) concluded that Amri’s disappearance was an enforced one, carried out by government agents from the police’s Special Branch.
Amri was abducted around midnight on November 24, 2016, while driving, after his vehicle was surrounded by three cars and five men. He has remained missing since.
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