AG: NGO's claims on lack of prosecution guidelines way off mark

Attorney-General Idrus Harun has dismissed claims by a civil rights NGO that his office had failed to provide prosecutors with guidelines, leading to allegations of prosecutors going overboard in meting out punishments for those violating the movement control order (MCO).

"Nothing could be further from the truth," said Idrus in a statement issued today in response to claims by Eliminating Death And Abuse In Custody Together (Edict) that unlike other institutions involved in the administration of justice, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) had failed to issue guidelines to prosecutors to ensure even-handed implementation and enforcement of the MCO.