The party’s information chief, Rafique Rashid Ali, said the panel should determine if there are any questionable elements affecting the integrity of the high-profile cases.
In a statement referring to the recent discharge not amounting to an acquittal granted to former prime minister Najib Razak, he said: “Why do DNAAs like this often happen in cases involving politicians?”
Yesterday, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) said it had “no choice” but to request a discharge as key documents, nearly 500 in total, could not be obtained until the conclusion of Najib’s two other trials involving 1MDB and SRC International.
The AGC said the conditional discharge meant the case can resume once the documents are available. Najib had been charged with money laundering involving RM27 million linked to SRC International Sdn Bhd.
Rafique questioned the effort made to obtain the 500 documents required for the case.
He also took a swipe at Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, saying it was too easy for a prime minister to deflect responsibility by pointing fingers at the attorney-general or the courts. “Isn’t the attorney-general appointed on the advice of the prime minister?” he said.
Yesterday, Anwar had asserted that he had no involvement in the High Court decision to grant Najib a conditional discharge. Anwar said: “That is the judge’s decision and the attorney-general’s. I do not interfere (in such matters).”
Rafique questioned the six-year delay from the start of prosecution to the court decision yesterday, and said the public had been given insufficient information about the case’s progress.
The attorneys-general from 2019 to 2025 bore responsibility for the handling of the case and owed the public a clear explanation, he said.
To restore public confidence, Rafique proposed that the AGC be placed under an oversight body comprising legal experts, former judges, and MPs from both the government and the opposition.
He suggested that this body should report to Parliament and function as a check-and-balance mechanism.
Other prominent persons facing criminal trials who were also discharged include deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in 2023 on 47 charges of corruption, money laundering and criminal breach of trust, and former Treasury secretary-general Irwan Serigar Abdullah last year, who had been accused of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.6 billion in the International Petroleum Investment Company case.