00:00The High Court has ordered the government to pay 1.1 million ringgit in damages to the family of
00:05Dutch model Ifana Smyth for failing to conduct a proper investigation into her death. Justice
00:11Rozmawar-Rozain held the government and police liable for negligence in exercising their duties.
00:18Smyth's mother, Kristina Karolina Hrada Johanna Verstappen, filed a lawsuit on the family's behalf
00:23in 2020, naming the government, the police, and investigating officer Faizal Abdullah as defendants.
00:31Smyth, who was 18, was found dead on the sixth floor of Cab Square residence on December 7, 2017,
00:37after falling from a unit on the 20th floor. An inquest in 2018 determined that her death was a
00:44misadventure. Upon revision by the High Court, the court ruled that Smyth's death was caused by
00:50persons known or unknown. Dona Shradja Rizza, FMT.
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