Think tank lauds move to separate AG, public prosecutor powers

The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) has welcomed the government’s decision to perform a thorough empirical study regarding the prospective separation of powers between the attorney-general and the public prosecutor.

This comes after Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said revealed this on Friday during the Parliament Lecture Series 3.0: Rebuilding the Nation Through Reforms at Parliament.

“Ideas is encouraged by Azalina’s remarks on separating...