Thomas’ lawsuit to be heard as defamation action

The Kuala Lumpur High Court has directed former attorney-general Tommy Thomas’ lawsuit to be heard as a defamation action.

Judge Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh made the ruling this afternoon in relation to the striking out application by the government and a special task force against Thomas’ originating summons over the special task force report into his memoir ‘My Story: Justice in the Wilderness’.

The special task force report was...