Wanita lumpuh ditembak pada 1997 dianugerah RM350,000

Mahkamah Tinggi Johor Bahru has overturned a landmark 2007 settlement that required a disabled police officer and his wife to pay RM500 monthly to their daughter for medical expenses from a 1997 shooting incident. The case, which involved a 29-year-old police officer's widow, was previously dismissed in 2007 but was re-opened by the Johor Bahru High Court in 2024, ordering the case to proceed to trial.

The plaintiff, who suffered paralysis from the waist down after a gunshot during a dispute in a Johor Bahru apartment in December 1997, had initially sought an increase in the monthly payment from the couple due to rising medical costs. However, his request was denied. The High Court had previously dismissed the claim, but the Court of Appeal reinstated the case in 2024, requiring the proceedings to continue.

The plaintiff, represented by lawyers M Manoharan and M Hariharan, and the defense team led by G Ravi and Aida Hassan, are not identified in the report. The legal firm handling the 2007 case, known as the third party in the suit, agreed to pay RM10,000 as legal fees to the plaintiff, aged 58.