00:00A senior lawyer has urged newly appointed Attorney General Dusuki Mokhtar to return
00:06the power to decide on representations to state prosecution directors instead of consolidating
00:12such tasks in putrajaya.
00:14N. Sivananthan said this would save a lot of time and resources, allowing state directors
00:19to drop or reduce charges more efficiently, even amid a trial.
00:24He said deputy public prosecutors have direct access to their directors, enabling prompt
00:28decisions on representations.
00:31Sivananthan also said state directors, supported by investigating officers, can more readily
00:36obtain feedback and issue instructions for further investigations.
00:41Meanwhile, lawyer Salim Bashir hopes Dusuki will instruct his DPPs not to seek the imposition
00:47of high bail sums for unrepresented accused persons, saying that bail should ensure attendance
00:52at trials, not serve as punishment.
00:56He said DPPs must be reminded that accused persons were presumed innocent until proven
01:01guilty and must be given the opportunity to post bail in a reasonable sum.
01:06Senior lawyer Hisham Tehpotik said the AEG must only level charges against suspects if
01:11he was convinced that a prima facie case can be proved.
01:16Natasha Bewst, FMT News.
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