The Court of Appeal has reinstated the government as a defendant in the RM100 million suit filed by Shaariibuu Setev and his grandchildren over the death of Mongolian translator and model Altantuya Shaariibuu.

The three-member bench led by Justice Mohd Zawawi Mohd Salleh agreed with the submissions presented by Setev's lawyers, Sangeet Kaur Deo and Ramkarpal Singh, that there are issues to be tried.

The other two judges were Justices Vernon Ong and Ahmadi Asnawi...