High Court dismisses suit by PI Bala's family

The High Court today allowed an application by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and seven other people to dismiss a suit filed by the family of the late private investigator P. Balasubramaniam.

Balasubramaniam's widow A. Santamil Selvi and her children, B. Kishen, B. Menaga and B. Reeshi, had filed the suit last June, naming as defendants seven people, among them Najib's younger brothers Datuk Ahmad Johari Abdul Razak and Datuk Mohd Nazim Abdul Razak.

The five other defendants were senior lawyer Tan Sri Cecil Wilbert Mohanaraj Abraham and his son Sunil Abraham; commissioner for oaths Zainal Abidin Muhayat; businessman Deepak Jaikishan and lawyer M. Arunapalam.

Judge Datuk Hasnah Mohammed Hashim, in allowing the application, said the members of Balasubramaniam's family had no locus standi to file the suit because they did not have the letter of administration issued by any court to do so.

She said they had also failed to state in detail the what, when, how and where of the conspiracy among the defendants that had allegedly caused harm to Balasubramaniam and his family.