Government committed to separating powers of AG and Public Prosecutor: Azalina

KUALA LUMPUR: The unity government is committed to the separation of powers between the Attorney-General (AG) and the Public Prosecutor (PP) to ensure the integrity of the legal institutions, says the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. She also rapped the opposition for not implementing the […]

AG should not be PP too

KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General (AG) should not also be the Public Prosecutor (PP), said Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. Azalina, 58, who is a lawyer, wrote in her blog, azalinaothmansaid.com, today that she had proposed this way back in June 2018. The Member of Parliament for Pengarang pointed out that pre-1960, […]

Aug 28 decision on judicial review

SRI RAM’S APPOINTMENT KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here yesterday fixed August 28 to decide on a judicial review application by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his lawyer, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, to recuse Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as the senior deputy public prosecutor (DPP) in their respective cases. Judge Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya […]