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MP: 'Public officer' should not be subjected to narrow interpretation

A Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) lawmaker disagrees with the Kuala Lumpur High Court's restrictive interpretation of a public office or public officer.

Hanipa Maidin was responding to the court's decision on Friday to dismiss a suit filed by Dr Mahathir Mohamad and two others against Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

The Sepang MP said while there is no doubt that one of the elements in the tort of misfeasance in public office is that the defendant must be a public officer, this however should not be treated from a pedantic viewpoint...

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