In a statement, Sangeet said recent information showed that investigations into Apandi were closed as early as October 2022, just months after they were reportedly initiated. “It has recently emerged that investigations into Apandi Ali [were] classified as NFA as far back as in October 2022. “This is not a small matter,” she said, adding that questions must now be asked about whether the police investigations were conducted with sufficient scrutiny. The High Court judgementThe High Court decision was delivered in 2022 by Datuk Azimah Omar, now a Federal Court judge, who dismissed Apandi’s defamation suit against Democratic Action Party veteran Lim Kit Siang. The suit concerned articles written by Lim in 2019 on the 1MDB scandal, which Apandi claimed implied he had abused or neglected his duties as AG.

Source: The Edge Markets January 29, 2026 05:25 UTC