Findings on proposed Public Defender's Act ready by year end, says Azalina

KUALA LUMPUR: Findings from studies done on the proposed Public Defender's Act to empower criminal cases legal aid services for the less privileged are expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Currently, the committee formed to oversee the proposed act is conducting a comparative study of the legal framework for public defence in selected countries such as Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.