00:00The Attorney General's Chambers is appealing the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decisions in the
00:07cases of activist Amri Chemat and pastor Raymond Koh, two men who went missing in 2016 and 2017.
00:16In a statement on Thursday, the AGC said it will file an appeal in both cases.
00:21It said after reviewing and considering the decision of the Honorable Judge,
00:25this department will file an appeal at the Court of Appeal against the entirety of the decision.
00:31On Wednesday, High Court Judge Justice Su Tiang Zhu ruled that the police and the government were
00:38to be held liable in the disappearances of the men. In his separate judgments, Justice Su awarded
00:44three million ringgit to Amri's wife, Norhayati Mohamed Arifin, and 31 million ringgit to Koh's
00:53family, citing, among others, police involvement, wrongful case classifications, and failures to
01:00conduct effective investigations. Both men went missing within months of each other,
01:05Amri in Perlis in November 2016, and Koh in Petaling Jaya in February 2017.
01:14The cases sparked nationwide concern over alleged enforced disappearances.
01:19Norhayati had filed the lawsuit to seek damages for the loss she suffered. Amri was allegedly abducted
01:27in Perlis close to midnight on November 24, 2016. On February 11, 2020, Koh's wife Susanna Liu
01:37filed the civil suit against 13 defendants, including the government, over his disappearance.
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