AGC: Dropping RM200m charges against Muhyiddin necessary to protect remaining case

The Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) has abandoned four corruption and money-laundering charges against former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, totalling RM200 million, in order to protect the remaining case. The decision was based on a professional assessment that pursuing the charges could jeopardise the prosecution's strategy and evidential basis for the remaining charges.

The AGC considered various factors such as the evidence's admissibility, witness credibility, the likelihood of proving the charges, and the overall interests of the prosecution. The AGC affirmed that discontinuing the charges did not imply an admission of guilt or that the transactions did not occur. The AGC's role is to ensure cases are supported by sufficient evidence and can be effectively defended in court, rather than defending individual charges "at all costs."

This decision came after the DAP national chairman, Gobind Singh Deo, called for an explanation regarding the prosecution's decision to seek a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) for the four charges. The Kuala Lumpur High Court subsequently granted Muhyiddin a full acquittal on all four charges, as the prosecution had not presented any witnesses or evidence to support the charges and had not provided reasons for seeking the DNAA.