The Home Ministry and its secretary-general will have to pay damages for the suspension order issued against The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd from July 27 to Sept 21, 2015, over a series of reports on 1MDB.

This follows the unanimous ruling by a five-member bench of the Federal Court led by Justice Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, which dismissed the ministry's appeal today.

"There is no merit in the appeal as there was no appeal by the appellants (Home Ministry and its secretary-general) on liability (in this issue)," said Justice Zulkefli, who is also the Court of Appeal president ...