The downgrading of a rape charge against a single mother’s attacker has exposed what legal eagles describe as a double injustice - alleged police failures that eroded evidence, followed by prosecutorial dependence on such gaps to justify a lesser charge.

Malaysiakini spoke to several legal experts following the Attorney-General’s Chambers’ (AGC) citation of contradictions in the victim’s testimony and findings of a medical report in explaining why the prosecution had dropped the rape charge against her assailant.