The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the family of navy cadet officer J. Soosaimanicckam against the Malaysian Armed Forces Council, the government, and others, ruling that the plaintiff failed to prove the claim on the balance of probabilities.
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00:00The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has dismissed a negligence lawsuit
00:05filed by the family of Navy cadet officer J. Susaimanikam
00:10against the Malaysian Armed Forces Council,
00:12the government and others over his death.
00:15The family's lawyer Zaid Malik said Sessions Court Judge Ida Ismail
00:20ruled that the plaintiff failed to prove the claim
00:22on the balance of probabilities.
00:24The court also awarded RM10,000 in costs to the defendants.
00:29Zaid added that the family will appeal the decision,
00:32which was delivered via e-review on Tuesday.
00:35Susaimanikam's father, S. Joseph, filed the lawsuit on May 19, 2021,
00:40alleging negligence in monitoring his son's health
00:43and failing to provide emergency treatment during training.
00:46The graduate cadet officer was pronounced dead
00:49at the Armed Forces Hospital in Lumut on May 19, 2018.
00:54In 2023, the Ipoh Coroner's Court returned an open verdict
00:58on the cause of death, which was later revised to homicide
01:01by the Ipoh High Court on July 29.