KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 25 -- A parliamentary response has revealed that nearly 40 per cent of discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) cases involving high-profile individuals in Malaysia over the past seven years were granted in the last two years.
According to the statistics provided by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform), Datuk Sri Azalina Othman Said, a total of 18 DNAA cases involving VIPs and VVIPs were recorded between 2018 and 2024.
Notably, five cases were recorded in 2023 and two more in early 2024.
VIPs, as defined by the Registrar's Circular No. 1 of 2012 on High-Profile Cases, include royalty, senior government officials, judges, members of parliament, state assembly members, and high-ra...