KOTA BHARU, Oct 31 — The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) did not interfere in the decision to return former Border Control and Protection Agency director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain to the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM).
Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar said his office was only responsible for providing legal advice, but the issue regarding Shuhaily was an administrative matter for the ministry.
"We have not given an official opinion because it has not been referred to AGC; it is just an administrative action by KDN (Home Ministry), so we will not interfere in that.
"Whether Datuk Mohd Shuhaily wants to stay there or be transferred back to the PDRM, we will not interfere...that is more of an administrative matter," he told the media after the opening ceremony of the handover of the Kampung Angkat MADANI (KAM) AGC 2026 Recreational Infrastructure at Taman Pinggiran Warisan, Kampung Kok Lanas today.
On Thursday (October 29), Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Shuhaily returned to duty with PDRM after a decision was made last week.
Earlier, former policeman Saifuddin Abdul Kader requested the Attorney-General's intervention so that the investigation into his beating by Shuhaily in 2015 could be reopened.
Lawyers representing Saifuddin, Kamal Hisham Ja'afar, and Muhammad Nor Tamrin said their client lodged a police report against Shuhaily on November 19, 2015, when he was serving as the Hilir Perak district police chief.
Meanwhile, on the separation of the roles of the Public Prosecutor and the Attorney General, Dusuki said they are drafting a provision on how to select the candidate.
Previously, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform), Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said gave the AGC two weeks to provide detailed feedback on the proposal to separate the roles of the Public Prosecutor and the Attorney General.
She said the Parliamentary Special Select Committee will meet again after receiving views on the matter.
