Mohammad Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak v Thomas Thomas @ Mohan a/l K. Thomas

w-01imncvc-907-12-2022 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 12 January 2026 • W-01(IM)(NCvC)-907-12/2022 • 37 min read
22 cases cited (0 SG, 22 foreign)

Outcome

In summary, This Appeal is dismissed with costs on the following brief grounds: (1) in respect of the tort of negligence, the Respondent, as the then AG/PP, did not owe any duty of care to the Appellant with regard to the exercise of the Respondent’s discretion in the filing of the Charges against the Appellant.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) (w-01imncvc-907-12-2022). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Whether AG is immune from civil action if prosecutorial discretion abused? - Whether misfeasance action premature? - Whether tort of malicious process exists? - Whether AG can be sued in negligence for statements made after retirement? - Whether misfeasance and negligence sufficiently pleaded? - Whether any facts pleaded for abuse of process? - Whether any breach of article 8 of FC as other accused persons allegedly received favourable treatment?

Practice Areas

Tort Civil Procedure

Judges (3)

Nadzarin bin Wok Nordin Coram Ravinthran a/l Paramaguru Coram Wong Kian Kheong Delivered

Counsel (12)

Raj, Ong & Yudistra Firm Tommy Thomas Firm Alan Adrian Gomez Counsel Respondent Daniel Annamalai Counsel Appellant Dheveendra Krishna Kumar Counsel Appellant Firoz Hussein bin Ahmad Jamaluddin Counsel Appellant Haikaldin Mahyidin Counsel Respondent Harel Niryan Counsel Appellant Melody Tham Cheng Yee Counsel Appellant Mervyn Lai Wei Shiung Counsel Respondent Woo J Enn Counsel Appellant Yudistra Darma Dorai Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak Appellant Thomas Thomas @ Mohan a/l K. Thomas Respondent

Statutes Cited

Bankruptcy Act 1967 (Cap 360)
Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)
Federal Constitution
Art 145(3)
Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
s 6(1)(a)
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (22)

UK (5)
[1932] AC 562 [1952] 1 All ER 823 [1971] AC 470 [1977] 1 WLR 478 [1977] 2 All ER 566
MY (17)
[1966] 2 MLJ 201 [1991] 1 MLJ 557 [1996] 4 MLJ 567 [1998] 2 CLJ 340 [1998] 2 MLJ 425 [2014] 11 MLJ 481 [2015] 7 CLJ 1008 [2019] 12 MLJ 1 [2019] MLJU 1887 [2022] 6 MLRH 489 [2024] 2 CLJ 591 [2025] 1 CLJ 1003 [2025] 6 CLJ 1 [2025] MLJU 1357 [2025] MLJU 4687 [2026] 2 AMR 19 [2026] MLJU 282

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (w-01imncvc-907-12-2022)