KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 13 -- The High Court has rejected the government's bid to suspend a RM1.1 million payment to the family of the late Dutch model Ivana Smit.

According to Free Malaysia Today, Justice Roz Mawar Rozain ordered the government to deposit the sum, along with accrued interest, into a trust account by today.

The court also directed the government to pay RM8,000 in legal costs to the family.

In July, the court found both the government and police liable for failing to conduct a proper investigation into Smit's death, awarding RM500,000 in general damages and RM600,000 in aggravated and exemplary damages.

The government had sought to stay the execution of this judgment pending an appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Smit, 18, was ...