MACC urged to explain why lawyer detained over strata property dispute


PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has overstepped its jurisdiction in arresting a lawyer who was acting for a stratified property's management corporation in several civil suits, says Lawyers for Liberty (LFL).

In a press conference organised by LFL on Tuesday (June 11) morning, lawyer Lai Chee Hoe narrated how he was detained for three days from June 4 to 6 at MACC’s headquarters in Putrajaya, after he was initially brought in for questioning.

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