High Court quashes MACC order for two lawyers to make statement over NFC case


KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has no power to record statements from lawyers accompanying their clients during questioning, a High Court here held Wednesday.

High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Zaleha Yusof granted an order to quash MACC's notices dated March 19 last year which demanded that two lawyers be present to record statements for investigations into a bribery case.

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