Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he was “mystified” by Putrajaya’s decision not to reveal the details of the settlement with former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali over compensation for the latter’s dismissal from his post.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said recently said in a written parliamentary reply that legal counsels to both parties in the matter had agreed to conceal the terms of the settlement during their negotiations.