Lawyers want RCI over AG’s decision to withdraw graft charges against Lim


PETALING JAYA: Several lawyers are calling for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) over the decision to withdraw the corruption charges against former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon.

Lawyers Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz and Gunamalar Joorindanjn have questioned Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria’s explanation that the evidence in the case has been “substantially weakened”.

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