Four lawyers have emerged to claim that Perak police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid was wrong to cite Article 7(2) of the Federal Constitution in explaining why the police cannot rearrest the suspect in the death of S Thava Sagayam.

They argued that Article 7(2) only applied if the suspect had been acquitted or convicted and, therefore, could not be charged again for the same offence.

"Mior's opinion is...