KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 17 -- After a failed bid at the High Court, the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) has applied again to defer paying RM1.1 million as compensation to the late Dutch model Ivana Smit's family.

This time, the application has been made at the Court of Appeal.

This is because the Malaysian government is still appealing against a High Court order in July for it to pay the RM1.1 million compensation.

The law firm representing Smit's mother Christina Carolina Gerarda Johanna Verstappen had issued a letter of demand to the AGC last Friday, seeking the RM1.1 million compensation to be paid within 48 hours.

In that letter, the law firm told the AGC that failure to meet the 48 hours' deadline could result in legal action, such ...