00:00The Malaysian Bar has denounced the Attorney General's move to halt criminal proceedings against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Sahid Hamidi,
00:08calling it irrational, unreasonable and against public interest.
00:12In a new bid to bring judicial review proceedings, the Bar is seeking to quash the AG's decision to take
00:19no further action in the case,
00:21despite the trial reaching an advanced stage.
00:23The Bar also wants a declaration that the NFA decision announced in a media statement on January 8 is null
00:31and void
00:32and made in excess of the jurisdiction vested in the AG by Article 145 subsection 3 of the Federal Constitution
00:40and Section 254 subsection 1 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
00:45The statutory body, which represents almost 25,000 practicing lawyers in Peninsula, Malaysia,
00:51wants the High Court to issue a mandamus order directing the AG to act in accordance with Section 254A of
00:59the CPC
01:00and resume the corruption case or bring fresh charges against Sahid.
01:05It also wants a mandamus order directing the AG to give the Bar discovery of all information,
01:12documentation, reasons, basis and particulars relied on by the AG in coming to his decision.
01:19On September 4, 2023, the High Court granted Zahid a discharge,
01:25not amounting to an acquittal on 47 charges of corruption, money laundering and criminal breach of trust.
01:32The DNAA was granted pending further investigations by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
01:38I'm Anujaria FMT.
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