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Amir Bazli Abdullah, who is at the centre of an assault suit against Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, is missing!
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Malaysian Insider
Karpal searches for missing client in assault case against Zahid
BY V. ANBALAGAN, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
December 11, 2013
Lawyer Karpal Singh is using his political connections to locate a client, Amir Bazli Abdullah, who is at the centre of an assault suit against Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Amir Bazli, from Kota Baru, failed to show up the Shah Alam High Court on December 5 for the case, raising concerns about the businessman’s whereabouts.
The DAP chairman has now enlisted the help of PAS deputy president Mohamed Sabu in the search for the businessman.
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Mat Sabu told The Malaysian Insider that he had sent out feelers to find out where the businessman was, based on his last known address.
Amir Bazli was supposed to be present in the Shah Alam High Court to inform judge Vernon Ong the purported terms of settlement between him and Zahid.
Karpal had earlier sent an acknowledgement received registered letter through Pos Malaysia and another note through a courier firm but he did not get any response.
“I was informed there was no such person at that address,” he said, adding that Amir Bazli was not reachable through his mobile phone.
The veteran lawyer said prior to July 18, Amir Bazli was easily contactable through his mobile phone and would come to his legal firm at short notice.
Karpal has requested a final adjournment, which the court had granted.
The judge has fixed December 31 in the hope Amir Bazli will be present in court.
Karpal searches for missing client in assault case against Zahid
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NO CLOSURE YET!
Malaysian Insider
Businessman to reveal settlement terms in assault suit against Home Minister
BY V. ANBALAGAN, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
November 16, 2013
The terms of the settlement of an assault suit between Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and businessman Amir Bazli Abdullah will be made public on December 5.
This followed a High Court order on Thursday directing Amir Bazli to turn up at the Shah Alam High Court to explain what transpired during the mediation process four months ago.
Amir Bazli’s lawyer, Karpal Singh, told The Malaysian Insider that High Court judge Vernon Ong issued the order in chambers after meeting counsel for both parties.
Lawyer Datuk Shashi Menon appeared for Zahid.
Last month, Karpal wrote to the High Court in Shah Alam to reopen Amir Bazli’s assault suit against Zahid as the mediation process took place without the presence of lawyers.
On July 18, Zahid and Amir Bazli had met the mediator, Rohani Ismail, who is also a Sessions court judge, at the Shah Alam court complex.
Immediately after the mediation exercise, both parties emerged and claimed that the issue had been settled but their lawyers were not informed on the terms of settlement.
Rohani had allegedly told both parties to keep the terms of settlement confidential.
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Karpal……pointed out that the High Court judge must be informed on what transpired at the mediation process even though the case is said to have been settled.
“The trial judge will record the status of the case and then strike out the matter if the parties had indeed settled without contest,” said Karpal.
“Let him (Amir Bazli) come to court personally and tell the judge what happened. If he is happy with the terms of settlement, let this be recorded to bring closure to the case. If not, new trial dates can be set.”
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IT’S ON AGAIN! Amir Bazli alleges intimidation, and will nullify the mediation exercise last week which saw his assault suit against the home minister withdrawn.
Amir Bazli’s counsel Karpal Singh told The Malaysian Insider that his client was not satisfied with the way the proceedings were conducted at the Shah Alam court court complex last week.
“He felt intimidated,” said Karpal.
Amir Bazli had filed his suit in July 2007 against Ahmad Zahid, alleging that the then deputy minister punched him in the face on Jan 16, 2006, at the Country Heights Recreational Club in Kajang, Selangor.
He said Ahmad Zahid had also threatened to kill him. He also claimed he was held in wrongful confinement at Zahid’s home in Country Heights.
He had claimed for special, general and aggravated damages.
In his statement of claim, Amir said Ahmad Zahid punched and threatened to kill him. He also claimed he was held in wrongful confinement at Ahmad Zahid’s home in Country Heights.
The much awaited court battle between Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and businessman Amir Bazli Abdullah, who claimed he was assaulted, however, fizzled out.
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Zahid, the Home Minister, and the Litigant, an ordinary man.
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