Attorney General, Tan Sri Idrus Harun has been urged to initiate an investigation against former Attorney General, Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali for his involvement in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.
Former Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said, Idrus should also not submit to Mohamed Apandi's suit and agree to make a settlement and give compensation.
"I am very disappointed with the decision of the Attorney General who agreed to make a settlement with Mohamed Apandi who sued me and the government for firing him in 2018," he said in a statement on Tuesday.
In April, it was reportedlawsuit casefiled by Mohamed Apandi against Dr Mahathir and the Malaysian government regarding his contract as Attorney General, settled amicably at the High Court, Kuala Lumpur.
Lawyer Datuk Dr Baljit Singh Sidhu who represented Mohamed Apandi as the plaintiff in the suit however said that the terms of the settlement could not be disclosed.
Dr Mahathir added, if one examines the judgment made by Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge, Datuk Azimah Omar on 23 May 2022, it is very clear that Mohamed Apandi has failed to perform his duties as Attorney General, and is even suspected of involvement and complicity in the 1MDB scandal.
"Anyone who reads the written judgment on 23 May 2022 by Datuk Azimah Omar, Judge of the Kuala Lumpur High Court in the case of Mohamed Apandi Ali's defamation suit against Lim Kit Siang must have concluded that Apandi failed to perform his duties as Attorney General and there is a basis for investigation because he is suspected of abetting and protecting 1MDB crime.
"There are many more matters brought up by Judge Azimah in his judgment that question the attitude and actions of Mohamed Apandi who tried hard to cover up the 1MDB scandal and purify Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
DERELICTION OF DUTY
1. I was startled when I read the news report that, during the trial involving 1MDB, Zeti, the former Governor of Bank Negara stated that she had reported to the A.G. at that time, i.e., Apandi the wrong doings of the staff of 1MDB. But the A.G. did not take any action. It seems to me like dereliction of duty.
2. Yet Apandi had sued me for wrongful dismissal. I was prepared to go to court to explain why I had to remove him.
3. Another example of Apandi’s wrongful decision was to dismiss all the cases against Dato Sri Najib. Yet when another A.G. brought Najib’s cases to court, three courts and nine judges found Najib guilty.
4. Clearly Apandi as A.G. did not study the case thoroughly before declaring that Najib had no case to answer.
5. This again shows a dereliction of duty on the part of Apandi. Yet when he sued the Government and me for wrongful dismissal, the Government agreed to settle the case outside the court and awarded Apandi an unknown sum to drop his action suing the Government and me.
6. This means that the Government agreed that he was wrongfully dismissed.
7. I was not party to the settlement. I did not agree that I had wrongfully dismissed Apandi.
8. But now, the report that he failed to take action on the report by Bank Negara, proves that he was not doing his duty as the A.G. This further justify his dismissal as A.G.
9. That such an A.G. should be compensated with unknown sums of money do not reflect well on the rule of law in this country.
DR MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD
Aug 22, 2023
DERELICTION OF DUTY
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) August 22, 2023
1. I was startled when I read the news report that, during the trial involving 1MDB, Zeti, the former Governor of Bank Negara stated that she had reported to the A.G. at that time, i.e., Apandi the wrong doings of the staff of 1MDB. But the A.G. did not take…
