KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 (Bernama) -- Police on Tuesday denied that they were slow in taking action against lawyers who had breached the country's law.
Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said 72 investigation papers on malpractices and irregularities committed by lawyers in the state had been opened up during the last 10 years.
He said police had never ignored any case against erring lawyers and had set up a task force two years ago to monitor the involvement of lawyers in any malpractice.
He said the task force would meet every month to discuss development on cases involving lawyers in the state.
"Over the past 10 years, Selangor police have opened up 72 investigation papers on malpractices and irregularities by lawyers. In some cases, there were more than one investigation paper opened up against certain lawyers," he said in his social website Tuesday.
Khalid said six lawyers and a 'runner' for a lawyer had been prosecuted pertaining to 10 of the 72 cases reported, including one who was linked to the murder of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others.
-- BERNAMA
Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said 72 investigation papers on malpractices and irregularities committed by lawyers in the state had been opened up during the last 10 years.
He said police had never ignored any case against erring lawyers and had set up a task force two years ago to monitor the involvement of lawyers in any malpractice.
He said the task force would meet every month to discuss development on cases involving lawyers in the state.
"Over the past 10 years, Selangor police have opened up 72 investigation papers on malpractices and irregularities by lawyers. In some cases, there were more than one investigation paper opened up against certain lawyers," he said in his social website Tuesday.
Khalid said six lawyers and a 'runner' for a lawyer had been prosecuted pertaining to 10 of the 72 cases reported, including one who was linked to the murder of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others.
-- BERNAMA
