Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has described the Malaysian Bar as being a “busybody”, saying it has no legal standing to challenge the public prosecutor’s decision to grant a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in his corruption case.

In the filing of an affidavit to challenge the Bar’s judicial review leave application targeting the attorney-general’s decision to grant a DNAA in his Yayasan Akalbudi corruption case, the deputy prime minister pointed out that the Bar is not a party affected by the decision.

Zahid highlighted that the Bar is not even...