Incompetent prosecutions by the Attorney General Chambers on corruption cases has put the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in bad light, said a member of the commission's consultation and advisory panel.Commenting on the acquittal of Immigration Director-General Wahid Md Don for graft charges, panel member Robert Phang said the AG's Chambers owes the public an explanation."The AG has much to explain for losing so many corruption cases in recent years and must therefore act to correct the negative perception it had caused to the government in its fight against corruption.
"The public is of the opinion that there is something very seriously wrong with the AG Chambers for its string of losses in courts," said Phang in a statement today.Phang said that the "disgraceful display" by the AG's Chambers in Wahid's case had also dampened public confidence in the investigators and the judiciary.
A-G's Chambers must buck up
"This is bad for the people and country as the confidence of investors is affected by the judiciary's performance."Specifically, the image of the MACC is affected when the AG fails to prosecute or fails in its prosecution," he said.Phang stressed that MACC's role in the system was merely as investigators and it was incumbent upon the AG to request for additional investigation if it was deemed insufficient.
MACC had filed an appeal today against Wahid's acquittal by the Sessions Court last Friday of allegedly receiving RM60,000 in bribes to expedite the approval 4,337 visas for Bangladeshi workers on July 10, 2008.The MACC claims that there were "solid grounds" for its appeal and that the Sessions Court judge had yet to provide any written or spoken grounds for its judgment.
"The public is of the opinion that there is something very seriously wrong with the AG Chambers for its string of losses in courts," said Phang in a statement today.Phang said that the "disgraceful display" by the AG's Chambers in Wahid's case had also dampened public confidence in the investigators and the judiciary.
A-G's Chambers must buck up
"This is bad for the people and country as the confidence of investors is affected by the judiciary's performance."Specifically, the image of the MACC is affected when the AG fails to prosecute or fails in its prosecution," he said.Phang stressed that MACC's role in the system was merely as investigators and it was incumbent upon the AG to request for additional investigation if it was deemed insufficient.
MACC had filed an appeal today against Wahid's acquittal by the Sessions Court last Friday of allegedly receiving RM60,000 in bribes to expedite the approval 4,337 visas for Bangladeshi workers on July 10, 2008.The MACC claims that there were "solid grounds" for its appeal and that the Sessions Court judge had yet to provide any written or spoken grounds for its judgment.
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