The Kuala Lumpur High Court today allowed an application by the government and four others, including two former prime ministers, to strike out a suit by a member of the public for alleged abuse of public office and negligence over the cancellation of the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) Project today (Dec 15).
Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain struck out the suit on the ground that the plaintiff, Mohd Hatta Sanuri, had no locus standi to commence the suit and it was an abuse of the court process.
He also ordered Mohd Hatta to pay costs of RM10,000.
Mohd Hatta filed the suit on his behalf and on behalf of the more than 32 million Malaysians allegedly affected by the cancellation of the project, on Dec 30 last year.
Besides the government, deputy prime ministers Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, he also named former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed and former Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong as defendants.
In his statement of claim, Mohd Hatta is seeking a court order to declare the cancellation of the project null and void, as well as for all the defendants to pay RM1 million compensation to him and all Malaysians for wrongfully and negligently cancelling the HSR project.
