Prosecutory powers in the soon-to-be established Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) do not solely lie in the hands of the attorney-general, the government said today.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz in his winding-up speech in the Dewan Rakyat today said ‘public prosecutor', who is also the AG, in the MACC Act should not be read so narrowly.