00:00Controversial businessman Albert Tay is suing the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for making him wear the orange prison uniform, despite not being convicted of a crime.
00:11He has also named MACC Chief Commissioner Azam Baki and the government as defendants.
00:17Tay, who was charged with bribery last month, is seeking general damages and a declaration that MACC's actions, including putting him in handcuffs, were invalid and unconstitutional.
00:29Tay claimed that MACC's actions violated the federal constitution, which stipulates that all persons are equal before the law and entitled to equal protection, and that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty.
00:43He also noted that high-profile individuals such as former Prime Ministers Najib Razak, Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri Yaqub were not ordered to wear such clothes when detained by MACC, questioning if there is a double standard.
00:59Tay and former senior political secretary to the Prime Minister, Shamsul Iskandar Akin, were charged in the session's court on December 5th with corruption involving RM64,924 in alleged gratification.
01:14Both pleaded not guilty.
01:16Panyujo, FMT.
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