Former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahims said that the panel was unconstitutionally set-up in 2009. The panel went on to rule the allegations against Abdul Gani were baseless.
Mat Zain who has mounted a one-man campaign against Abdul Gani, charged that only the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may order such a tribunal, and therefore it was not in the purview of the solicitor-general or even any Cabinet minister.
“The provisions in the Constitution are very clear. When the conduct of the attorney general becomes an issue, only the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is empowered to establish a Tribunal upon a representation presented to His Majesty by the Prime Minister. There’s no other option.
“This is a matter strictly between the PM and the Agong,” Mat Zain said in a statement.
The former policeman said the findings of the independent panel that cleared Abdul Gani of falsifying evidence in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s 1998 “black eye” case should therefore be considered null and void.
Mat Zain said that although the panel had decided on March 1, 2009, Dewan Rakyat was informed ten days later on March 11 that one member of the independent panel had found evidence to “prove” the A-G’s involvements in the alleged wrongdoings.
Mat Zain also said he informed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on October 2008 regarding the matter but said that no action had been taken against Abdul Gani till today.
The government has said it will not take action against the A-G despite renewed allegations of corruption and fabricating evidence made against the country’s top lawyer.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz said that last year’s decision to close the door on the A-G’s alleged involvement in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s 1998 “black eye” case still stands.
“Same reply, same reply. I replied to (DAP adviser Lim) Kit Siang in Parliament before. The reply is the same,” he told The Malaysian Insider when asked if Putrajaya would act on the latest allegations against Abdul Gani.
When asked to state if the government would take action against Abdul Gani’s accusers, Nazri repeated, “Same reply.”
In Parliament last December 14, the government side-stepped the damning accusations made by former investigating officer Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim that Abdul Gani had falsified documents in the “black eye” case, brushing aside several open letters and appeals issued by the retired policeman.
PAS said today it will press through a petition for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate the Attorney-General during the current parliamentary sitting.
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