Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) deputy president S Arutchelvan has called on Attorney-General Idrus Harun to sympathise with alleged scam victims who continue to be pressured by the police and prosecutors for offences they claim they did not commit.

This is as the victims are often faced with a more severe penalty if they opt to take their case to trial, compared to pleading guilty to a lesser charge, he said.

“What is painful is that even though the maximum fine under...