{
  "id": 19112412,
  "title": "My two 2-cents over Order of Discharge — Hafiz Hassan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/my-two-2-cents-over-order-of-discharge-hafiz-hassan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T07:35:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/what-you-think/2026/11/09/my-two-2-cents-over-order-of-discharge-hafiz-hassan/242588"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Despite Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar’s acknowledgment of various flaws in the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s Order of Discharge regarding former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s conviction in the SRC International case, several experts, including Dusuki himself, have voiced concerns about the errors. On this weekend, numerous comments from legal professionals highlighted the discrepancies. From my perspective, the Order of Discharge ought to have been a Warrant to Discharge. In criminal proceedings, “Warrant” is the term employed, as evidenced in Form 16 under Section 79 and 80 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), and Form 40 pursuant to Section 391 CPC. Both Forms 16 and 40 instruct the prison officer to release the incarcerated individual without delay (Form 16) or immediately (Form 40), unless they are subject to further detention for another reason (Form 16) or circumstance (Form 40). This is why Dusuki and other lawyers have questioned the choice of the term “discharge” in the Order of Discharge. I have two additional points to make: the Order of Discharge should undergo revision by a High Court judge. Section 323(1) of the CPC enables a High Court Judge to exercise revisionary jurisdiction over subordinate criminal courts, potentially even the Deputy Registrar of the High Court, to verify the accuracy, legality, or propriety of any decision, sentence, or order rendered.",
  "summary": "NOVEMBER 9 — Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar has rightly pointed to “obvious” defects in...",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}