Nov 24 decision on AGC's bid to strike out N Korean's suit over extradition

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today fixed Nov 24 to decide on the Attorney-General’s Chambers' (AGC) application to strike out the originating summons filed by a North Korean businessman against the government of Malaysia, the government of the United States and three others over his extradition to the United States.

Judge Noorin Badaruddin set the date after hearing submissions by senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly and counsel Nicholas Kow and Emile Ezra Hussain representing Mun Chol Myong, 56.

Nicholas submitted that the plaintiff’s fundamental rights...