Former Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram said the accusation by Special Affairs Department (Jasa) against former Bank Negara adviser Nor Mohamed Yakcop over his evidence during the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) may constitute an offence of threatening, insulting or injuring a witness.

He was referring to Jasa director-general Mohd Puad Zarkashi's statement accusing Nor Mohamed of trying to protect then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad over the forex scandal.

Sri Ram cited Section 12(2) of the Commissions of Enquiry Act 1950 which states that "Any person who threatens, insults or injures any person for having given evidence, or on account of the evidence which he has given before the commissioners, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years"...