Putrajaya has defended its move to form a parliamentary special select committee (PSSC) to look into the government’s proposed bill on separating the roles of the attorney-general (AG) and the public prosecutor.

This comes after lawmakers and civil society organisations raised concerns regarding the new PSSC, which will be chaired by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Azalina Othman Said.

In a statement today...