The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and Nuemera Sdn Bhd have applied to strike out the suit filed by PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil over the leak of personal data of more than 46.2 million telecommunications users in Malaysia.

This was revealed by Fahmi's lawyer Louis Liaw who said both MCMC and Nuemera had filed their defence yesterday at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur, and at the same time applied to strike out the suit.

According to Liaw, MCMC cited Section 272 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 to claim immunity from legal action...