KUALA LUMPUR: City police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa has yet to receive the writ of summons about the lawsuit filed against him and several senior police officers by the former Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) intelligence chief.
Although he declined to comment further, he said everyone has a right to file a lawsuit and to make claims in the civil court.
"Everyone has the right to file a lawsuit. I cannot comment (further) on this matter. Everyone has the right to make any claim in the civil court.
"I am one of the defendants in this case. So, we will wait. I have not yet received the writ of summons," he told a press conference after presenting medals at an award ceremony at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters here today.
Rusdi said once he receives the writ of summons, he will respond within the prescribed time frame.
It was reported yesterday that Esscom chief Senior Assistant Commissioner (R) Datuk Mat Zaki Md Zain filed a RM100 million defamation suit and sought an apology from 11 people, including some former and current policemen, over alleged unlawful arrest and ill-intended prosecution against him in the murder case of an e-hailing driver in Tawau last year.
Mat Zaki had said that he filed the writ of summons at the Tawau High Court through Messrs Lincon & Co in Sandakan, Sabah on Aug 15 while three other former Esscom officers would do the same soon.
Among the 11 defendants from whom Mat Zaki is seeking an apology were Datuk Seri Abd Jalil Hassan, Rusdi, Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan, Datuk Idris Abdullah, Assistant Commissioner Jasmin Hussin, Dr Mohd Hakim Hashom, Deputy Superintendent Yusman Syahri Marinsah and former Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah.
Mat Zaki said the other basis of the suit were ill-intended investigation and abuse of the investigation process, ill-intended reports and the leak of investigation details as well as wrongful prosecution and claims by the defendants.