July 7 decision on appeal in factory worker’s 2014 custodial death

The family of factory worker Kamarulnizam Ismail will have to wait until July 7 for a complete decision on their court appeal for compensation over his 2014 death in custody.

This followed the Court of Appeal deferring to that date to decide on part of the appeals by his 71-year-old mother, Rahaya Salleh, as well as prison authorities, during online proceedings conducted via Zoom this morning.

The three-person bench chaired by...