Let state prosecution directors decide on representations, AG urged

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Lawyer N Sivananthan says the decision-making process has for 25 years been centralised in the attorney-general’s chambers in Putrajaya.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/11/21/let-state-prosecution-directors-decide-on-representations-ag-urged/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/11/21/serah-pada-pengarah-pendakwaan-negeri-putus-representasi-ag-digesa/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #DusukiMokhtar #DPP #AG

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00:00A senior lawyer has urged newly appointed Attorney General Dusuki Mokhtar to return

00:06the power to decide on representations to state prosecution directors instead of consolidating

00:12such tasks in putrajaya.

00:14N. Sivananthan said this would save a lot of time and resources, allowing state directors

00:19to drop or reduce charges more efficiently, even amid a trial.

00:24He said deputy public prosecutors have direct access to their directors, enabling prompt

00:28decisions on representations.

00:31Sivananthan also said state directors, supported by investigating officers, can more readily

00:36obtain feedback and issue instructions for further investigations.

00:41Meanwhile, lawyer Salim Bashir hopes Dusuki will instruct his DPPs not to seek the imposition

00:47of high bail sums for unrepresented accused persons, saying that bail should ensure attendance

00:52at trials, not serve as punishment.

00:56He said DPPs must be reminded that accused persons were presumed innocent until proven

01:01guilty and must be given the opportunity to post bail in a reasonable sum.

01:06Senior lawyer Hisham Tehpotik said the AEG must only level charges against suspects if

01:11he was convinced that a prima facie case can be proved.

01:16Natasha Bewst, FMT News.

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