Court rejects NGOs’ judicial review bid against TPPA

PUTRAJAYA: Three NGOs’ bid to challenge the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) was dismissed by the Court of Appeal here.

The panel, led by Justice Rohana Yusof, which included Justices Vernon Ong and Abdul Rahman Sebli ruled the Agreement could not be questioned by the court as it was a decision by the executive branch based on technical reasoning.