PETALING JAYA: The Public Prosecutor can still introduce new evidence but such a disclosure should have been done at the beginning to allow witnesses to be cross-examined, Bar Council chairman Ragunath Kesavan said.
“The late disclosure creates doubt on the whole inquest. Coupled with the beatings that the judiciary system and public confidence have gone through, it makes it difficult for the inquest to continue,” he said yesterday.
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