Lawyers representing Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's wife Rosmah Mansor and 1MDB have applied to strike out a suit by former Umno man Khairuddin Abu Hassan, who is seeking the return of a pink diamond necklace worth US$23 million.

This was related to High Court deputy registrar A Pavani when the matter came up for case management this afternoon.

Lawyer Syed Iskandar Syed Jaffar Al Mahdzar, who is representing Khairuddin, told Malaysiakini he received Rosmah's application to strike out the suit and for a stay of proceedings on Sept 12...