Report: I resigned because it's incumbent to do so once PM resigns, says Tommy Thomas


PETALING JAYA: The reason why former attorney general (AG) Tommy Thomas resigned before his two-year contract was due in June was because of the change of politics in Malaysia.

"My position as AG was that of a political appointee and made by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad," he told news portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT).

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