Former CCID Director sues AG, govt for RM128.5m

KUALA LUMPUR - Former Bukit Aman Commercial Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Ramli Yusuff today filed a suit for RM128.5 million against the Attorney-General, a former Inspector-General of Police, the government and nine others for alleged malicious prosecution.

The suit was filed at the Office of the Civil High Court registrar through the legal firm, Messrs. Vin Partnership.

In the statement of claim, Ramli, 61, named Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, Tan Sri Musa Hassan, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), the government and the Royal Malaysia Police as defendants.

The other five defendants named in the suit are deputy public prosecutors and police officers.

Ramli claimed that the defendants, with malicious intent and without reasonable cause, had investigated and prosecuted him in court on five charges under the MACC Act and another under the Penal Code.

He claimed that he was acquitted of all the charges between July 2009 and August 2010.

The former police officer claimed that his prosecution had caused damage to his reputation and career , as well as caused him hardship, inconveniences and losses.

He is seeking RM128.5 million in special, general, aggravated and exemplary damages, interests and cost - Bernama