The cabinet has agreed with a proposal to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry after reviewing proposals made by the special task force that probed former attorney-general Tommy Thomas' memoir.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said, however, said the RCI will have a broader scope than the task force's recommendations.

The probe into Thomas's book 'My Story: Justice in the Wilderness' was...