De facto law minister Liew Vui Keong has ordered for mutual legal assistance (MLA) to be provided to France and Switzerland.

However, it is still unclear whether the minister’s order is related to pending requests from the two countries to help in investigations on the Scorpene and 1MDB scandals.

The two separate orders were made under Section 18 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002. They are dated March 25 and were gazetted on April 2...