YOURSAY | Yet another DNAA for a VIP accused of corruption

YOURSAY | ‘If Tommy Thomas is still the AG, this thing would never have happened.’

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6th Generation Immigrant: A discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) appears to be a trend in our nation.

However, all DNAAs, if we investigate deeper into them, are the end result of either incomplete or incompetence investigation among one of the enforcement and prosecution departments of our administrative arms.

Barring true extremities and causes, a DNAA should be the last resort of any judicial process and rarely accorded.

Are we seeing signs of a general system failure or some form of corruption in one or all of the departments? Is there justice for all parties?

Kim Quek: If Tommy Thomas is still the attorney-general (AG), this thing would never have happened.

This is the third case of shameful discharge of high-profile corruption cases under the request of the new AG Idrus Harun, who was appointed by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

The first one was Riza Aziz (son of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak), followed by Musa Aman, former Sabah chief minister, whose 46 charges are backed with iron-clad evidence.

At the rate such things are going under Muhyiddin, Malaysia’s justice system and rule of law would plunge into the ravine in no time.

MS: Many Malaysians naively assumed that the regime ousted electorally in 2018 was perhaps the most corrupt with 1MDB, KWAP, high-level cover-ups, collusion and sackings, all of which made world headlines.

And they also believed that all those sidelined or penalised then were victimised only because they opposed the corruption.

How wrong they were!

With the series of DNAA since his sneaking into Putrajaya through the backdoor, it is clear that Muhyiddin will outperform his now-convicted boss and current holder of the Most Corrupt Trophy to emerge as the new undisputed champion.

Freethinker: The 'giver' is convicted and fined. The alleged 'taker' is given DNAA due to "new developments". This summarises everything here.

Jabba The Hutt: This is another first in our Bolehland - the alleged bribe taker walks free while the bribe giver, after he confessed and plead guilty of giving the bribe of RM1 million to the alleged taker, was fined RM1.5 million.

Now if the AG concludes that the accused did not receive the gratification, then the bribe giver should be brought before the court on the charge of perjury (lying to the court).

Two Come Out: “Referring to the same case, SPRM (the Bahasa Malaysia acronym of MACC) is made to understand that there have been new developments raised by the accused, as well as a new report made against a witness in the case, which require the attention of the SPRM,” said the MACC in a press statement.

“Made to understand”? So where was the new report made? At the post office?

Annonnymous 080: “It pointed out that the court’s DNAA ruling does not mean that Tengku Adnan (Tengku Mansor) has been acquitted because he could still be charged anytime if leave is given by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC).”

This is an utter shame. It just compounds the perception that Perikatan Nasional (PN) is slowly but surely letting off each and every one of the kleptocrats.

The judge certainly didn’t buy this argument and as such had only granted DNAA. How could such a straightforward case suddenly have a new twist?

Don’t be surprised if the star witness will now "confess" that he was forced to give such evidence.

OrangePony5652: The AGC may as well let all the corrupt MPs go scot-free on "new developments" as they are greatly needed to prop up the instability government of PN.

Two great institutions of the country have been tainted by two brothers (AG Idrus and House speaker Azhar Azizan Harun) who out of position, status, perks and greed have done a great disservice to Malaysians.

BlueShark1548: I have grave concerns about how criminal cases are proceeding, It looks like it might take years - which is not normal - and witnesses and documents may become an issue later.

So unlike other citizens, MPs and Aduns (state representatives) are treated differently because they have to attend parliament and state assemblies and cases have to be postponed?

The courts themselves are busy and operate on tight schedules so if we need to fix suitable dates for a trial - judges must be free, accused must be free and lawyers must be free. Can you imagine trying to fix hearing dates?

Then factor in new developments and investigations.

MPJY: We are going backwards. We now have a credit rating of BBB+. At the current rate, we will continue to go backwards.

Do we need to wonder why? DNAA is easier. Anything else is hard work. "Now everyone can get DNAA" will be the country's motto.

Et Cetera: Five years ago, Muhyiddin was asked to step down after criticising Najib’s handling of abuse of public funds.

I felt sorry for him at the time because he did the right thing. Those were one of the darkest days where the AG was replaced and MACC chief stepped down.

It seems as though we’ve circled back to where we were five years ago.

Odysseus: This case has gone beyond the wildest imagination. It’s like a murder captured on CCTV with a dead victim and a weapon with fingerprints on it, yet the accused is freed on DNAA.

Did the victim suddenly come alive again?

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