KOTA KINABALU: Empirical studies in three countries on separating the powers of the Attorney General (AG) and Public Prosecutor (PP) are expected to be completed this year.
According to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said, a more in-depth comparative study in terms of the states in Malaysia will be done next year.
"We promised the Parliament two years to try to get a report to be given to the federal cabinet meeting for further evaluation," she said when asked about the development of the empirical studies.
She was met during her visit at the Kota Kinabalu Court Complex here today.
According to her, Malaysian delegation has visited Canada and is expected to visit Australia soon, perhaps in the next month, and the last one in the UK.
"In 2025, we will do many more studies. One factor that I see in Canada and also in Australia, each state under the Federation has its own prosecutor.
"Its like Sabah and Sarawak. The court is Sabah - Sarawak and the judges are from Sabah - Sarawak, none from the peninsula. So we can see that there are indeed many similarities but there are also differences where prosecution is still centralised.
"There, the prosecution is divided at the state level. In 2025, we need to do more studies at the Sabah and Sarawak level," explained Azalina.
It was reported that the government will separate the powers of the attorney-general (A-G) and the public prosecutor over two years based on empirical studies that will be done in three countries.
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