Najib allowed to attend Federal Court hearing in bid to revive RM1.9m suit against former AG Tommy Thomas

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 28 — The Federal Court here today allowed Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s application to attend the hearing of his application for leave to appeal in a bid to revive his RM1.9 million lawsuit against former Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas.

A three-judge panel chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Seri Hashim Hamzah allowed the application after Najib’s counsel, S. Bala Ravi, requested an order to produce (OTP) to enable the former prime minister to attend the proceedings from prison.

The order would allow Najib to attend the leave-to-appeal hearing and, should leave be granted, the substantive appeal hearing.

Also on the panel were Federal Court judges Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali and Datuk Azmi Ariffin.

The leave-to-appeal application is scheduled to be heard on November 26.

Najib, 73, filed a notice of motion on February 10 this year seeking leave to appeal against the entire Court of Appeal decision, which upheld the High Court’s order striking out his lawsuit. He has submitted three questions of law for the Federal Court’s consideration.

On January 13 this year, a three-judge Court of Appeal panel upheld the High Court’s decision to strike out the suit, ruling that the action was premature because the relevant criminal proceedings had not commenced when the lawsuit was filed.

On November 25, 2022, the High Court allowed Thomas’s application to strike out the suit without a full trial.

Najib, the former Pekan Member of Parliament, filed the lawsuit on October 22, 2021, alleging that Thomas had abused his power in bringing charges against him in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case.

In the suit, Najib alleged that Thomas had acted with malicious intent in prosecuting him in cases involving 1MDB and International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC).

The charges included abuse of power under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 and several counts of money laundering under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.

Najib is seeking, among other relief, a declaration that Thomas committed misfeasance in public office. He is also claiming RM1.9 million in special damages for expenses incurred in appointing an audit team to review documents and prepare his defence in the criminal proceedings.

Thomas served as Attorney General from June 4, 2018, to February 28, 2020. — Bernama

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布城，10月28日讯——联邦法院今日批准拿督斯里纳吉·敦·拉扎克出席其上诉许可申请的聆讯，以期恢复其针对前总检察长丹斯里汤米·托马斯的190万令吉诉讼。

由马来亚首席法官拿督斯里哈希姆·哈姆扎主持的三名法官组成的小组批准了纳吉布的申请。此前，纳吉布的律师S.巴拉·拉维请求法院下令出庭，以便这位前首相能够从监狱参加庭审。

该命令将允许纳吉布出席上诉许可听证会，如果获得许可，还将允许他出席实质性上诉听证会。

陪审团成员还包括联邦法院法官拿督莫哈末纳兹兰莫哈末加扎里和拿督阿兹米阿里芬。

上诉许可申请定于11月26日进行审理。

现年73岁的纳吉布于今年2月10日提交动议通知，请求准许其就上诉法院维持高等法院驳回其诉讼的裁决提出上诉。他已向联邦法院提交了三个法律问题供其审议。

今年1月13日，上诉法院三名法官组成的小组维持了高等法院驳回该诉讼的决定，裁定该诉讼为时过早，因为提起诉讼时相关的刑事诉讼程序尚未开始。

2022 年 11 月 25 日，高等法院批准了托马斯提出的撤销诉讼的申请，无需进行全面审判。

前北根国会议员纳吉于 2021 年 10 月 22 日提起诉讼，指控托马斯滥用职权，就一马发展有限公司 (1MDB) 案件对他提起指控。

在诉讼中，纳吉布指控托马斯在涉及 1MDB 和国际石油投资公司 (IPIC) 的案件中对他提起诉讼时存在恶意。

指控包括违反 2009 年马来西亚反贪污委员会法令第 23 条的滥用职权罪，以及违反 2001 年反洗钱、反恐怖主义融资和非法活动收益法令的多项洗钱罪。

纳吉布除其他诉求外，还要求法院宣告托马斯犯有渎职罪。此外，他还要求赔偿190万令吉的特别损失，用于支付其聘请审计团队审查文件和准备刑事诉讼辩护的费用。

托马斯于2018年6月4日至2020年2月28日担任总检察长。——马新社

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