KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has fixed Feb 18 to hear an intervener application by a woman claiming to be the companion of former MIC president S Samy Vellu whose son wants a medical inquiry to determine the mental health of his father.
“The intervener application by Meeriam is planked on the ground she has a legal interest,” he told reporters after a case management.Vell Paari filed a lawsuit early last month seeking an inquiry under Section 52 of the Mental Health Act to determine Samy Vellu’s state of mind. In August, Meeriam filed a suit in the High Court in Ipoh against Samy Vellu and Vell Paari seeking a declaration that she be given due recognition and accepted as part of the family.
She said Vell Paari had financially disempowered Samy Vellu and taken control of his finances since 2017.