Clive Palmer’s former media adviser has launched legal action against the National Australia Bank and the Queensland government claiming more than $4 million for malicious prosecution after he was charged over a plot to kidnap a banker in Indonesia.

Andrew Crook, who for years managed media communications for the mining billionaire, filed the claim in the Brisbane Supreme Court earlier this year – the latest legal challenge in the years-long court battle.

But NAB has pushed for the case to be struck out, arguing it is an abuse of process.

Crook was charged alongside former private investigator Mick Featherstone and ex-Sydney Swans player Tony Smith over police allegations they were involved in a kidnap scheme in which NAB employee Adam Gazal, now a director at the bank, was lured to att

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