Pejuang information chief Rafique Rashid Ali has pointed out that under the law, the minister is empowered to remove the “official secret” status for classified documents.

He raised this in response to the Kuala Lumpur High Court granting former premier Najib Abdul Razak and former treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) over six criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges involving RM6.6 billion.

This was after the prosecution failed to hand over several classified documents crucial for...