The defence lawyer who secured the acquittal of Ambika MA Shanmugam, 69, in the 2019 murder trial of Indonesian domestic worker Adelina Lisao, will submit a representation to have her daughter, too, cleared of charges under the Immigration Act 1959/63.

Lawyer Anbananthan Yathiraju told Malaysiakini that Ambika’s daughter, Jayavartiny Ramalue, 37, was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) for charges under Section 55B of the act which criminalised the employment of undocumented migrant workers.

However, Anbananthan who submitted a representation to the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) in 2019 said he...