Tycoon G Gnanalingam, two former cabinet ministers and 23 others have been made third party defendants in the suit filed by the Port Klang Authority (PKA) against its former general manager OC Phang.

This follows the Court of Appeal decision on Friday, which allowed Phang's appeal to include the 26 - all former PKA board members - to be a party in the suit.

Justice Zamani A Rahim, who read out the unanimous decision, said the High Court had erroneously ruled that holding Phang's liability to PKA was of a personal nature.