Businessman JR Deepak Jaikishan withdrew his appeal to include former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, his wife Rosmah Mansor, and six others as the third party in a suit filed by the family of the late private investigator P Balasubramaniam.

A Court of Appeal panel of three led by judge Kamaludin Md Said struck out the appeal after Deepak's counsel Vinod Kamalanathan informed the court that he received instruction from his client to withdraw the appeal.

Kamaludin also ordered Deepak to...