KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 The Malaysian Bar said the refusal of Attorney General’s Chambers to prosecute Serba Dinamik Holdings, which left the Securities Commission no recourse beyond issuing compound notices to the listed firm, was a “dangerous precedent” in the country. In a statement today,.
Malaysia’s legal community is planning a rare public demonstration amid rising anger over an anti-corruption probe into a prominent judge, an investigation some lawyers have described as tantamount to judicial interference. The judge in question, the Court of Appeal’s Nazlan Ghazali, presided over the 2020 conviction of the country’s ex-leader and still influential politician Najib Razak. His was the first.
WE should be concerned that in recent weeks, the work of two important institutions the judiciary and the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) have come under pressure from people not happy with decisions they have made. Indeed, pressure may be too mild a word, as what has happened is akin to intimidation.