00:00Dusuki Mokhtar has been appointed as the new Attorney General.
00:06Dusuki replaces Ahmad Tererudin Saleh, who has been appointed as a federal court judge.
00:12Chief Secretary to the government, Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar, said that Yang Di Pertuan
00:16Agung has consented to Dusuki's appointment in accordance with Article 145 Sub 1 of the
00:22federal constitution.
00:24Dusuki is currently the head of the Trial and Appellate Division of the Attorney General
00:28Chambers.
00:30In August, FMT reported Dusuki as one of the several senior officers from the Judicial
00:35and Legal Services who are frontrunners to replace Tererudin.
00:40In his 31 years of legal experience, Dusuki was involved in several high-profile legal
00:45cases including Deputy Prime Minister Ahmadzad Hamidi's 47 charges of corruption, money laundering
00:51and criminal breach of trust.
00:54Dhanush Rajareza, FMT News.
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