PETALING JAYA: The family of a man whose penis was mutilated in a botched circumcision when he was 10 is livid that the government wants to appeal a High Court decision to award him RM3.1 million in damages.
Speaking to FMT, the family’s lawyer, Zainuddin Abu Bakar, said his clients were infuriated over the move to seemingly deny justice to the victim, who is now 22.
“He was only 10 years old when the incident happened. He has been living with depression because of the ordeal, and this latest announcement has made him sadder,” said Zainuddin.
“He is emotionally unstable right now,” he said, adding that the government should have sympathy for what happened to his client.
Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Akhtar Tahir awarded RM3.1 million in damages to the man in April after ruling that the government and four other defendants – a Kuala Lipis Hospital medical officer and its director and a Selayang Hospital specialist and its director – had been negligent.
Yesterday, the media reported that the government and the four defendants had filed an appeal against the High Court’s decision.
Case management before the Court of Appeal deputy registrar has been fixed for July 27.
According to a Bernama report, the man filed the suit on July 19, 2018, through his mother, claiming that the circumcision on Dec 13, 2010 was not done according to the prescribed procedure, resulting in the head of the penis being severed.
The mother claimed that as a result, her son had suffered a permanent disability and became a quiet person.
The family is expected to hold a press conference on Saturday. - FMT
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