COMMENT | The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) and the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) are appalled by Attorney-General’s Chambers’ (AGC) statement released on Jan 8.

It purportedly justified its decision to classify Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s Yayasan Akalbudi case as requiring no further action (NFA).

This comes after the decision to discontinue the prosecution against Zahid for 47 charges of criminal breach of trust, bribery, and money laundering in 2023, resulting in Zahid being granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) despite having been ordered to enter his defence at that point.

It is important to note that the decision to discontinue the prosecution against Zahid was made after...