The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today struck out former senator Ezam Mohd Noor's US$3.66 billion suit against caretaker prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, the government, 1MDB and its current and former directors.

Justice Nik Hasmat Nik Mohamad ruled that Ezam has no locus standi to initiate the suit on behalf of Malaysian citizens as he was neither a director nor a shareholder in 1MDB...