PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The Federal Court, in a landmark decision, has ruled that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was a public officer and could be sued for alleged misfeasance in public office.
Federal Court judge Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan, who delivered the court's seven-member bench's decision, said a Prime Minister or any other Minister are public officers within Section 5 of the Government Proceedings Act 1956.
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