COMMENT | After the recent decision to alter the status of Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s 47 criminal cases from the “discharge not amounting to acquittal” (DNAA) to “no further action” (NFA), the dust seems not to have settled, and questions are still lingering.

To his discredit, Attorney-General (AG) Dusuki Mokhtar, with the greatest respect, seemed to exacerbate the situation when he claimed that classifying the Umno president‘s Yayasan Akalbudi case as requiring NFA as final and decided under his constitutional powers.

He said the case was concluded “once and for all” after prosecutors considered six representations submitted by Zahid’s defence team, along with all relevant issues of fact and law.

On what basis can the AG easily conclude that an NFA for Zahid must mean the 47 criminal charges against the deputy prime minister have finally concluded “once and for all”? Is he implying that an NFA is akin to a full acquittal?

Does the AG mean Zahid is now totally free...