The whistleblower in the Sabah corruption scandal can blow his whistle as loud as he wants but the noise would fall on deaf ears in the absence of separation of powers, said PSM deputy chairperson S Arutchelvan.

On the same note, he said purchasing the “most sophisticated recording machines like pens with cameras” would also prove futile if the attorney-general’s “pen is not independent”.

“So I am sceptical that...