Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo has questioned the status of a 2022 investigation into former attorney-general Tan Sri Apandi Ali over his handling of the 1MDB case.
Sangeet said the public has a right to know the outcome of the probe, launched after the High Court dismissed former Apandi’s defamation suit against DAP veteran Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang.
Apandi had sued Lim over an article questioning his role in the 1MDB scandal, but the High Court ruled that Lim had the qualified privilege, as Datuk Seri Najib Razak had been found guilty in the RM42 million SRC International trial.
The Court of Appeal and Federal Court later upheld the decision.
Sangeet said that the courts accepted that Lim was justified in calling for Apandi to be held accountable, ruling that such scrutiny did not amount to defamation.
She said the court’s findings highlighted Apandi’s decision to classify investigations as “No Further Action” (NFA) despite internal recommendations to proceed.
The court also took into account the acceptance of a “foreign donation” explanation without supporting evidence and a failure to pursue mutual legal assistance from foreign authorities, she said.
SRC International was a subsidiary of 1MDB. Apandi was the AG who cleared Najib of wrongdoing in 2016.
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