{
  "id": 17316725,
  "title": "Woman paralysed in 1997 incident involving senior cop’s wife awarded RM350K",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/woman-paralysed-in-1997-incident-involving-senior-cops-wife-awarded-17316725",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T00:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/31/woman-paralysed-in-1997-incident-involving-senior-cop-s-wife-awarded-rm350k"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A former hairstylist, paralysed from the waist down in 1997 due to a shooting incident involving a senior police officer's wife in Johor Bahru, was awarded RM350,000 in a consent judgment by the Johor Bahru High Court. The court also annulled a previous consent judgment from 2007, where the senior cop and his wife were required to pay the plaintiff RM500 monthly for her medical expenses. The agreement from 2007, brokered by a third-party law firm, included a payment of RM10,000 in legal costs to the plaintiff. The plaintiff's legal counsel, M Manoharan, mentioned that RM114,000 was paid under the initial arrangement. In 2019, the plaintiff requested an increase in monthly payments, but her request was denied. She subsequently filed the current suit demanding RM2.8 million in damages. Initially, the case was dismissed, but it was reinstated by the Court of Appeal in 2024, leading to the trial.",
  "summary": "High Court records settlement by way of a consent judgment without any admission of liability.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}