Govt Paid Rm1 5m Compensation To Adib S Family Pm

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The government paid an RM1.5 million ex-gratia compensation to the family of firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim who died in 2018.
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob told the Umno general assembly today that the payment was made on Nov 29 last year.
"Even though investigations are still underway, I wish to inform something that was not announced before, that the government paid ex-gratia of RM1.5 million to Adib's family.
"This is proof of the effort and concern of Umno in defending the people," he said at the Kuala Lumpur World Trade Centre.
Ismail Sabri was addressing Umno delegates in his capacity as prime minister and Umno vice-president.
Adib died at the National Heart Institute on Dec 17, 2018, after succumbing to injuries sustained while on duty during riots near the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Subang Jaya, Selangor about a month prior.
In September 2020, coroner Rofiah Mohamad ruled that Adib's death was a criminal act perpetrated by two or three unidentified assailants during a riot outside the temple in November 2018.
However, investigators have yet to be able to identify the alleged perpetrators.
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri YaacobOn Oct 9, Ismail Sabri announced that an expert committee had been formed to look into Adib’s death.
He told the Umno delegates that the committee would table an interim report before the end of March.
Probe on ex-AG’s memoir
The prime minister also pledged that his administration will take action against former attorney-general Tommy Thomas if any wrongdoing is found in the investigation into Thomas' memoir "My Story: Justice in the Wilderness".
A special task force was set up to investigate allegations made in the memoir that was published last year.
The task force will conduct a preliminary study on these allegations including those on the appointment of judges, excessive interference by the government in the judiciary, and selective prosecution.
The police have received more than a hundred reports against Thomas in regard to his book. - Mkini

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