KUALA LUMPUR: A retiree, Dickson Ng Sek Wah, 61, is hoping that the authorities will be able to decide on a judgment award amounting to RM1.43 million awarded to him by the Shah Alam High Court in November 2010 as he claimed that the original case had dragged on for more than 15 years.
Judge Datuk Hinshawati Shariff had made the award to Ng after he had sued eight police officers, including the Inspector-General of Police, and the government for unlawful arrest and wrongful imprisonment in 1997.
He was detained for questioning for importing a sub-machine gun from Finland without a valid gun licence.
Ng, who was with a forwarding company then, said he had only assisted another company in the import of the weapon as a sample to participate in an open tender called by the Ministry of Home Affairs on behalf of the police.
During the period of detention, Ng said, he was seriously injured as a result, including the loss of his left eye, and subsequently filed a civil suit for damages against the defendants in 2000.
Following the judgment by the Shah Alam High Court two years ago, the Attorney-General’s Chambers then filed an appeal for a stay of execution of the award.
Subsequently, Ng also filed a submission against the stay of execution on the basis that the court should not deprive a successful party of the fruits of his litigation until an appeal was determined, unless the unsuccessful party can show special circumstances to justify it.
Ng, who said that he needed the money for medical treatment because of his injuries and old age, hoped that the authorities would look into his plight.
He has also written to Datuk Seri G Palanivel, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, for help as the latter is in charge of the Public Complaints Bureau. — Bernama