Lawyer Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla today questioned the legality of how the MACC and the government appointed four honorary advisors for MACC chief commissioner Dzulkifli Ahmad.

Haniff, who has acted for former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad in several cases, said the MACC Act 2009 does not have any provision for the appointment of honorary advisors for the chief commissioner.

He pointed out that the Act's Section 13 already sanctions the appointment of an Advisory Board for Corruption Prevention, which has its members appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong...