Despite being out of power for almost five years, former autocrat Dr Mahathir Mohamad appears to be still enjoying immunity from the long arms of our law enforcement bodies, just like in the good old days of the Mahathir rule.

This is the irresistible conclusion from events surrounding the revived controversy over Mahathir’s alleged interference in an Anti-Corruption Agency investigation on a former Director General of the Economic Planning Unit during Mahathir’s reign.