Separation of powers: First steps afoot in splitting Public Prosecutor from AG, says Azalina


PETALING JAYA: Plans are afoot to look at the feasibility of separating the Public Prosecutor's Office (PP) from the Attorney General's Chamber (AGC), says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

The newly minted Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) announced this following a meeting between the Legal Affairs Department and the AGC's Solicitor General Datuk Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh on Tuesday (Dec 6) on the matter.

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