Court quashes MACC’s notices to record lawyers’ statement

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has no power to record statements from lawyers who accompany their clients during interviews with the commission, the High Court held. Judge Datuk Zaleha Yusof also quashed two notices issued by the MACC to two lawyers to record their statements in relation to a corruption case. She also allowed…

Sugumaran’s family rejects ‘sham’ inquest

PETALING JAYA: The family of C Sugumaran has declined to participate in the inquest called by the attorney-general to determine the security guard’s cause of death. According to lawyers N Surendran and Latheefah Koya, the family is vexed that Selangor police Tun Hisan Tun Majid had rejected the call to initiate a murder investigation. Describing…