Zahid’s NFA: Something is rotten in Putrajaya
The Attorney-General’s NFA of Zahid’s 47 CBT & corruption charges is an outrage upon the people’s sense of fairness & justice.
Will the AGC give the same lenient & special treatment to an ordinary govt clerk charged for stealing few hundred ringgit?
Who can have confidence in the criminal justice system after this?
First, in 2022 Anwar appoints Zahid as his deputy prime minister despite all the corruption charges he was facing.
( It was a moment of national shame. Never before, since Merdeka, had a person facing serious criminal charges been made DPM. )
Second, on Sept 4 2023, the AG applied for Zahid’s charges to be dropped & a DNAA was reluctantly granted by the Judge Colin Lawrence Sequerah. The Judge had no choice in the matter.
Just before the charges were dropped, the tough prosecutor Raja Rozela was also dropped from Zahid’s case.
Third, and finally, the AGC dropped a bombshell that the charges are NFA.
The AGC made a weak, pathetic attempt to explain the NFA. But they gave no explanation why they are dropping a case in which the High Crt Judge Colin Lawrence had already decided that a prima facie case was made out.
Would Zahid have received such special treatment if he were not the DPM?
Would Zahid have received such special treatment if he is not a crucial political ally of Anwar Ibrahim?
The whole thing stinks to high heaven.
Something is rotten in Putrajaya.