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Tommy Thomas says Dr M asked him to resign immediately after telling him the Agong had assented to his appointment.

This is after Mohd Kassim sent a representation to get the AGC's latest stance on the matter.

Ex-PM says he was informed there was no concrete proof to charge the 12 suspects under the terrorism law.

This follows the Federal Court's decision in granting leave to the senior lawyer.

PARLIAMENT | 'The note is to someone named Ram, whom I think everyone knows,' says de facto law minister.

This comes after the finance minister claims Thomas had backed the settlement deal on Feb 11.

UPDATED 8.45PM | PARLIAMENT | Speaker Azhar Harun also gets involved, answering on behalf of the government.

Finance minister addresses the criticism that the bank was being easily let off for its role in the theft of 1MDB funds.

'Former AG Apandi believed nothing was lost, no money was stolen…'

They were accused of abusing their power to unfreeze the bank accounts of a prominent businessperson.

He is responding to a report claiming he acted inappropriately by instructing the AGC to unfreeze bank accounts.

The former AG says that his purported 'agreement in principle' to the settlement deal is a fiction.

YOURSAY | 'He cannot say that he rubber-stamped the deal upon advice by his predecessors…'

What MACC has done is stand by a statement that is devoid of facts.

If ex-AG had more time on the job, one wonders if he could have fixed loose ends such as Riza’s case.

UPDATED 10.19AM | In all, Idrus says M'sia is expected to recover about US$108m, in addition to over US$57m already forfeited from Red Granite pictures.

UPDATED 6.26PM | Tommy Thomas says his only role in the case was to appoint Gopal Sri Ram to lead the prosecution.

‘Is this going to be the playbook for all the other 1MDB-related cases?’