Federal Court allows Nufam president's appeal in unlawful dismissal suit


PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here on Thursday (Jan 20) upheld a High Court’s decision which ruled that the National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (Nufam) president Ismail Nasaruddin Abdul Wahab was dismissed unlawfully by Malaysia Airline System Bhd (MAS) in 2013 over comments he made about the airline.

The court’s three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Nallini Pathmanathan also affirmed the compensation of RM211,444 awarded by the Industrial Court to Ismail Nasaruddin.

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