April 29, 2010

Malaysia: Civil Litigation Rears its Head

Well, we have become a litigators' country,haven't we?.


With so many civil suits and counter suits,what may become of us poor folks? Is money the driver behind all the civil suits that have been filed lately?

I remembered at one time, the former PM of Malaysia did want to cap civil litigation awards only at RM10,000. I wonder what happened since so many litigants have been awarded RM10 million even on those who have died.

Lately we have heard again about these suits.

The one that was pretty interesting was when the current MB of Selangor won against Bank Islam.

Now, we have the ones involving Zaid Ibrahim. He is filing civil suits against the Election Commission for helping BN steal the Hulu Selangor Elections as well as a suit against Utusan Melayu for defaming him as an alcoholic. The latter is interesting as he is only seeking damages of  a token Ringgit Malaysia.

And let us not forget Ibrahim Ali's suit against The Sun newspaper for purportedly painting him as a racist.

Quo vadis, Malaysia?

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