Lawyer slams AG for dropping LTTE charges

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PETALING JAYA: Attorney General Tommy Thomas has come under fire for usurping the powers of the Home Minister and the police by suggesting that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) did not pose a threat.

Lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla reminded Thomas that the LTTE was still regarded as a terrorist organisation in Malaysia as its Sri Lankan leader Selvarasa Pathmanathan was arrested in Kota Damansara in August 2009, three months after the terrorist organisation surrendered in Sri Lanka.

"But the AG can't override the Home Minister's discretion . The AG can't usurp the powers of the police."It is premature for the AG to draw his own conclusions," he said. In making the announcement on Friday, Thomas said there was no realistic prospect of conviction for any of the 12 accused on any of the 34 charges.

The 12 were detained by the Federal Police’s Counter-Terrorism Division on Oct 10 and 12 last year in various parts of the country.

 

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