Businessperson Halim Saad has hauled former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, former finance minister II Nor Mohamed Yakcop, and the government to the civil court.

Filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Aug 2, the civil action is over the government’s alleged deprivation of Halim’s rights as a controlling shareholder of troubled listed firm Renong Berhad in 2001.

According to the statement of claim...