The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) has confirmed that Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali will not face charges.
“The police conducted a thorough investigation into the report lodged by the complainant alleging that the minister flouted a mandatory home quarantine order during the recovery movement control order (MCO) enforced upon (the minister’s) return from (his Turkey trip) which was allegedly supposed to have taken place from July 7, 2020 until July 21, 2020.
“The investigation papers were then referred to the AGC for further instruction.
“After full consideration and deliberation of all available evidence, this Chambers finds that there was no home surveillance or observation order issued by the authorised officer in the exercise of his discretion to the minister for him to observe such home surveillance or observation order as stipulated under subsection 15(1) of Act 342 as alleged by the complainant,” it said in a statement.
This AG, who is the brother of the present Speaker, shows a familial ability to argue in two directions at the same time without caring that the whole world notices.
He has prosecuted cases against the former Finance Minister where the evidence merely consists of one witness who claims, at best, that his vague offer of a bribe in the back of a cab was met with a ‘knowing nod and a cryptic smile’ many years ago.
Yet, in the case of this travelling lockdown breaking minister of an unelected government, who has flagrantly violated the law in plain sight in front of the whole country, the same AG considers there is insufficient evidence.
This cynical and obstinately arrogant UMNO legacy of simply ignoring the facts and laws is without doubt now dangerously undermining public trust in the core institutions of Malaysia from top to bottom.
The Harun brothers deserve to be among those who pay the price.