Lawsuit: Shafee seeks RM2m damages from M’sian Bar

Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is seeking RM2 million in damages from the Malaysian Bar in relation to its 2015 annual general meeting (AGM) that saw an attempt to table a motion to discuss his conduct, following Anwar Ibrahim’s Sodomy 2 case.

This is the compensation amount stated in the veteran lawyer’s witness statement in the Kuala Lumpur High Court for this week's hearing of the assessment of damages the bar has to pay to him over the civil action.

In March 2015, shortly after the AGM that in the end decided not to table the motion due to a restraining order obtained by him, Shafee then filed...