COMMENT | Proving or debunking claims of selective prosecution

COMMENT | So much has been said and spoken following Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) on Monday.

While the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) was trying hard to justify its request, it could only muster a one-sentence reaction – the reasons were cogent and presented at the High Court.

But many rightful thinking Malaysians like Muda central executive committee member Nurainie Haziqah Shafi’i have described the reactions as having raised even more questions rather than clearing the air.

She questioned the AGC’s logic behind the decision especially after the prosecution managed to establish a prima facie case against Zahid in the criminal trial.

“If the reasons presented by the prosecution (to request for DNAA) were described as solid or ‘cogent’, are they saying the case presented by previous deputy public prosecutor Raja Rozela Raja Toran was defective, unconvincing, and weak?” she was quoted by Malaysiakini as saying.

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