Why didn't Amri Che Mat's lawyers sue exactly like what Pastor Raymond Koh's did?
Did you wonder why the High Court had last month ordered the Malaysian government to pay two different compensation amounts over the abductions of activist Amri Che Mat and Pastor Raymond Koh, namely RM3 million and over RM36 million? ‘ Nothing to do with race’: Lawyers explain why court ordered RM3m in Amri’s case, RM36m in Raymond Koh’s case “ Why is a Chinese life worth more than a Malay life? ” Did you wonder why the High Court had last month ordered the Malaysian government to pay two different compensation amounts over the abductions of activist Amri Che Mat and Pastor Raymond Koh, namely RM3 million and over RM36 million? Lawyers explained that this had nothing to do with the ethnicity of the two missing men, but was because the Malaysian government had been sued over different things in the two court cases. Lawyer Surendra Ananth speaks during the “Justice for the Disappeared” forum organised by the National Human Rights Society (Hakam) and held at the Bar Council auditori...