Sue for compensation over Good Vibes Festival fiasco, say lawyers

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Legal experts say businesses and customers should seek recompense but differ over who should foot the bill.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/07/30/sue-for-compensation-over-good-vibes-festival-fiasco-say-lawyers/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #GoodVibesFestival #Compensation #The1975

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00:00 A lawyer has suggested that those financially affected by the cancellation of the Good Vibes

00:07 Festival can choose to file a complaint at the small claims court if the loss is under

00:12 RM5,000.

00:14 Should the court see merit in their claims, lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan says plaintiffs can

00:18 expect to claim damages for expenses such as hotel and flight charges and seek monetary

00:23 compensation.

00:24 The three-day event was abruptly cancelled on July 22 after the 1975 lead singer Matti

00:30 Healy criticised Malaysia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual laws before kissing

00:35 his male bandmate on the first night of the festival.

00:39 Lawyer Vimal Arasin says ticket holders filing individual claims at the small claims court

00:44 may have their cases consolidated, allowing them to be tried together or immediately after

00:48 one another.

00:49 Vimal adds that an alternative to civil courts is the Tribunal for Consumer Claims administered

00:55 by the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry.

00:58 Meanwhile, with the group of lawyers preparing to file a class-action lawsuit against the

01:03 British band on behalf of the affected individuals, Rajesh suggests that the group should instead

01:09 sue the Ministry for Financial Loss since it is the party responsible for the festival's

01:13 cancellation.

01:15 Rajesh says pursuing a class-action lawsuit against the Ministry and the government is

01:19 the way forward as it overstepped its bounds by cancelling the event, resulting in punishment

01:24 for participating businesses and artists.

01:27 [MUSIC PLAYING]

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