Why wasn't AG chosen from one of our own, Azalina asks

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said is questioning why the attorney general (AG) appointed was not from "one of our own".

She said in other parts of the world, a prime minister would appoint "his own person" to be the AG.

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"If the power to change the AG is in the hands of the prime minister, why didn't he change the AG when this was under his jurisdiction?

"I just want to ask this, why can't the AG be changed?" she said to loud applause from the floor at the Umno special briefing on Saturday (Aug 27).

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"I've been an Umno division leader for more than 20 years. Of course, the division secretary is my own man, and so is the information chief because I appointed them," she said.

Azalina also questioned why the Federal Court rejected former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's bid to postpone proceedings after changing his team of lawyers.

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"Why can't we change lawyers? If he is guilty, even if he changes his lawyers 10 times, he will still be guilty.

"So what can we do now? We must fight. If you are brave enough, let's fight today," she told the audience who responded with loud cheering and applause.

Najib is currently serving a 12-year jail sentence for misappropriating RM42mil involving SRC International Sdn Bhd fund.