
The Klang sessions court yesterday dismissed Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s second suit against a factory worker for alleged meter tampering and awarded him a global sum of RM30,000 for the suffering and hardship endured because of the legal proceedings.
The national power company had in 2021 sued Eazrie Hafizie Aris for RM197,131 for alleged meter tampering.
Eazrie denied liability and brought a counterclaim against TNB for negligently accusing him of meter tampering.
His lawyer, Esmael Shah Shahrudin, told FMT that one of the medical reports tendered in court showed that TNB’s second suit had led to his client developing symptoms of a major depressive disorder, which included suicidal thoughts.

According to Esmael, sessions court judge Nurul Mardhiah Redza found in favour of Eazrie and dismissed…