BFM Podcast

AG's Dual Role - Time to split?

Tan KW
Publish date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 12:14 PM

Eric Paulsen, Executive Director, Lawyers for Liberty | Dato' Hishamudin Yunus, Former Court of Appeal judge

18-Mar-16 10:46

The Attorney-General is the government’s legal adviser and the final arbiter on decisions to prosecute. Should these roles be separated, and is there any recourse for judicial review? Today we look at best practices in other democracies in the Commonwealth and explore whether Malaysia should move in this direction.

 

This is a report by Sharyl Kaur and Tan Yuen Yuen.

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