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Thursday, 19 December 2024 18:02

JOINT STATEMENT 
Rosmah’s acquittal: Concrete timeline for AGC-PP Separation needed

 

 

We the undersigned organisations urge PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to announce a concrete timeline for the separation of Public Prosecution (PP) from the Attorney General Chambers (AGC).


 

Further, before the AGC-PP separation is complete, the PM must make the commitment to the public that the AGC will not file for Discharge Amounting to Acquittal (DAA) or Discharge Not Amounting to Acquittal (DNAA), withdraw its appeal, fail to file an appeal in time, or  commit litigative errors to enable an acquittal, for any case of corruption, power abuse, money laundering, criminal breach of trust and tax evasion involving politicians, their families and associates.


If any VIP suspect were to walk free from their charges, it must be the decision of the judges after full trial and upon the final appeal, not that of the AG appointed by PM.


While we welcome the AGC’s immediate announcement to file appeal against Rosmah Masnor’s acquittal today by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on all her 12 charges on money laundering involving RM 7 million and five charges on tax evasion, it is far from enough to restore public confidence. https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2024/12/19/high-court-acquits-rosmah-of-17-charges-over-money-laundering-and-tax-evasion/160393


High Court judge K Muniandy ruled that the charges were bad in law. The money-laundering charges apparently did not even specify the key elements of the money-laundering offences.


In fact, the public confidence in AGC has long been shattered by a series of flawed decisions or misconducts, which include:


December 12, 2024, just last week, the AGC withdrew its appeal to the Court of Appeal, against DPM Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s earlier acquittal on 40 corruption charges related to Foreign Visa System (VLS) at the Court of Appeal. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-ahmad-zahid-hamidi-remains-acquitted-bribery-foreign-visa-court-appeal-4802411


November  27, 2024: the AGC failed to deliver the necessary documents for the trial to proceed, resulting in a DNAA for former PM Najib Razak on the charge on criminal breach of trust involving International Petroleum Investment Company in the sum of RM6.6 billion https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/735604


September 12, 2023, the AGC failed to file the appeal document in time, resulting in the affirmation of an acquittal for former PM Najib Razak on the tempering of 1MDB audit document https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/3/3/malaysias-jailed-ex-pm-najib-acquitted-of-audit-tampering-charge


September 4, 2023, the AGC applied for DNAA for DPM Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on all his 47 charges after the 77 days of trial, testimony by 99 prosecution witnesses and a prima facie case. https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/09/04/prosecution-applies-for-dnaa-against-zahid-in-yayasan-akalbudi-trial-defence-demands-acquittal/88870


PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim cannot excuse his responsibility, as he tried in DPM Zahid’s DNAA case, https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/678179 when kleptocrats walk free under the watch of the AGs he chose and put in place.


As long as the Public Prosecution is not separated from the AGC, and the AG’s tenure is controlled by the PM, the buck stops at the PM, not the AG.


Issued by:-
1. Project Stability and Accountability for Malaysia (Projek SAMA)
2. The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS)
3. ⁠Pergerakan Tenaga Akademik Malaysia (GERAK)
4. Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih)
5. ⁠Institut Reformasi Politik dan Demokrasi (Reform)
6. Engage
7. Agora Society Malaysia
8. Rasuah Busters
9. Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia [SABM]

10. ALIRAN

 


 

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