The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeals by three parties to seek leave (permission) to quash attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali's decision not to initiate action against Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in relation to 1MDB.

The appeals were by the Malaysian Bar, former law minister Zaid Ibrahim and former Umno division leader Khairuddin Abu Hassan.

The unanimous decision by the three-member bench was made after more than five hours of “revealing” submission before an open court unlike the High Court proceedings which was done in chambers...