KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 -- Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has been ordered to pay RM4.7 million in damages to 100 individuals over its role in a 2013 dam water release in Cameron Highlands that led to fatalities and widespread property damage.

The High Court in Seremban made the award after assessing damages in the case, following earlier findings that TNB had acted negligently in managing the Sultan Abu Bakar Dam, according to Free Malaysia Today.

Justice Ahmad Shahrir Salleh granted RM912,459.76 in special damages, alongside RM30,000 in general damages for each plaintiff.

A further RM10,000 in exemplary damages was awarded to 83 surviving plaintiffs.

The total sum came to RM4,742,459.76, with interest of 5 per cent per annum from May 25, ...