Appeals court reduces damages to RM649k in shooting death of 3 youths

The Court of Appeal today allowed the appeal by the government and the police for the damages awarded to the families of three youths who were killed in a shootout in the Glenmarie industrial zone in Shah Alam, Selangor, 13 years ago to be reduced.

A three-member bench of the appellate court, comprising judges Azizah Nawawi, S Nantha Balan and Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, in allowing the appeal, reduced the amount to RM649,200.

The appellants, found liable for...