Attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali has remained tightlipped on the issues concerning North Korea, citing Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's instruction.
“We fear if many people (are) talking, we will jeopardise the negotiation because it is very sensitive.
“So sorry. I cannot say anything much, the prime minister can say and comment,” he told reporters at the sidelines of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission of Human Rights' (AICHR) judicial colloquium in Kuala Lumpur this morning.
Pressed further on the matter, Apandi reiterated the sensitive nature of the issue.
“The prime minister’s instructions were that only him or the deputy prime minister can comment to the press," he said.
Apandi, earlier, refused to comment and stated that he was not in the know when asked to confirm whether Japan and South Korea had extended their cooperation in the investigations into the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
“I don’t know, I really don’t know,” he added when asked whether Japan had provided the fingerprints of Jong-nam for identification purposes.
[More to follow]
-Mkini
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