KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — PKR MP Wong Chen today said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s Yayasan Akalbudi court case — from which the latter was discharged...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — PKR MP Wong Chen today said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s Yayasan Akalbudi court case — from which the latter was discharged yesterday without being acquitted — illustrates the need for Malaysia to carry out reforms by splitting up the attorney general’s dual functions.
Today, Wong said the bottom line is that reforms need to be carried out by passing laws in Parliament to enable the country’s independent bodies such as the MACC and AG to “function without political influence”. “In particular, the AG and solicitor general offices need to be separated, with the AG functioning as chief advisor to the government on commercial, civil and international trade matters.
Wong said Malaysia needs to “get moving fast on these reforms and pass the necessary laws within the next 12 months.”
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