Najib's suit against AMMB Holdings, two others should be reinstated - Counsel

Najib Abdul Razak wants his lawsuit over alleged mismanagement of his accounts to be reinstated against AMMB Holdings Bhd, AmBank Islamic Bhd and its former customer relationship manager, the Court of Appeal heard.

His lawyer Harvinderjit Singh submitted in the appeal before a three-member panel that High Court judge Khadijah Idris made erroneous findings of facts and inferences when she decided that the suit was unsustainable.

He said the suit filed by his client was not a "collateral attack" on his (Najib's) SRC International Sdn Bhd criminal case, as was decided by...