LFL: AG 'plain wrong' for saying no explanation needed to drop charges

Lawyers for Liberty executive director Zaid Malek has objected strongly to the statement by Attorney-General Ahmad Terrirudin Salleh today that the public prosecutor need not give reasons to the public why criminal charges are withdrawn.

In Terrirudin’s explanation, this decision is within the public prosecutor’s discretion under the Federal Constitution to file or discontinue charges...