EPISODE · Apr 3, 2026 · 10 MIN
Klang crash - Case not over murder charge fails, says lawyer; DOE DG pleads not guilty
from Malaysiakini · host Malaysiakini
[KiniNews] The Attorney-General’s Chambers’ (AGC) decision to charge a driver with murder doesn’t mean the accused will be acquitted if the prosecution fails to prove intent, a lawyer said.Arguing in favour of the murder charge, lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla said that even if the prosecution fails to make a case under Section 300 of the Penal Code stick, the law allows for a different charge to be applied at the end of the prosecution.“The court can, on the application of any party or of its own volition, change the charge to something more appropriate," he said.Meanwhile, in a separate story, Environment Department (DOE) director-general Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar was charged this morning at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with receiving a RM100,000 bribe last year in relation to an infrastructure project in Penang.The director-general, who turns 59 in August, pleaded not guilty to the charge before judge Suzana Hussin.___________________Support independent media, subscribe to Malaysiakini.com - https://membership.malaysiakini.com/membership/start?internal_source=kinitv
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[KiniNews] The Attorney-General’s Chambers’ (AGC) decision to charge a driver with murder doesn’t mean the accused will be acquitted if the prosecution fails to prove intent, a lawyer said.Arguing in favour of the murder charge, lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla said that even if the prosecution fails to make a case under Section 300 of the Penal Code stick, the law allows for a different charge to be applied at the end of the prosecution.“The court can, on the application of any party or of its own volition, change the charge to something more appropriate," he said.Meanwhile, in a separate story, Environment Department (DOE) director-general Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar was charged this morning at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with receiving a RM100,000 bribe last year in relation to an infrastructure project in Penang.The director-general, who turns 59 in August, pleaded not guilty to the charge before judge Suzana Hussin.___________________Support independent media, subscribe to Malaysiakini.com - https://membership.malaysiakini.com/membership/start?internal_source=kinitv
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