Former Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigations Department chief Mat Zain Ibrahim has questioned whether attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali has the power to indemnify anyone against criminal action.

This follows a 2011 statement when then de facto law minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz told Parliament that the AG had no power to indemnify any person against criminal action based on political considerations.

Hence, Mat Zain questioned how Apandi could clear Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak of any wrongdoing with regard to the 1MDB and SRC International cases in January last year.