Apex court allows Najib's preliminary objection, rules Pua's appeal academic

The Federal Court in Putrajaya today allowed Najib Abdul Razak's preliminary objection that the appeal by Damansara MP Tony Pua over an interim injunction obtained against him (Pua) pertaining to a video clip, has become academic as the main defamation suit had been discontinued.

A three-man bench, led by Chief Judge of Malaya Azahar Mohamed, ruled that Pua's (above) appeal was academic, and based on established general principles, the court does not answer academic questions.

Najib's lawyer, Mohd Hafarizam Harun, in a preliminary objection, had asked the court to dismiss the appeal on grounds that it was academic since the suit no longer...