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Malaysia's Attorney General's Chambers will immediately examine the Royal Commission of Inquiry report into Lembaga Tabung Haji's operations from 2014 to 2020, assessing whether law breaches warrant prosecution.
The Attorney-General and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi are pursuing legal action to overturn a judicial review challenge filed by the Malaysian Bar concerning a Discharge Not Amounting to Acquittal decision, with proceedings scheduled for October 8.
A senior Malaysian judge has clarified that the courts are not the appropriate venue for disputing the attorney-general's prosecutorial decisions, establishing an important boundary in judicial review.