MACC to abide by court ruling on office-hour interrogations
PUTRAJAYA (Nov 20, 2009): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will issue new guidelines on the office-hour interrogations as ruled by the High Court to all its branches in the country soon.
In a statement posted on its website, MACC said it will obey the court's ruling and only hold interrogations during the stipulated office hours of between 8.30am to 5.30pm.
The court ruled yesterday that MACC can no longer hold witnesses for questioning overnight.
Justice Mohd Ariff Md Yusof said that section 30(3)(a) of the MACC Act does not empower it conduct investigations on a witness "around-the-clock" and agreed that Kajang Municipal Councillor Tan Boon Wah, 39, who filed for a judicial review, was "unlawfully detained" by the MACC.
Tan sued MACC, its chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan and assistant superintendent Mohammad Hassan Zulkifli for questioning him for 16-hours overnight, which caused him to suffer damages and losses.
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