Kuala Lampur, May 2 -- In "On the 'messages sent' in AGC's meeting with Jho Low's lawyers" written almost three years ago, I disagreed with then DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng's criticism of then Attorney General (AG) Idrus Harun for allowing meetings between his Chambers (AGC) with fugitive Low Taek Jho's - better known as Jho Low - lawyers.

Did the meeting send the wrong message that Malaysia was willing to deal with crooks and wanted fugitives?

I did not think so.

The meeting or meetings in fact sent a clear message to Jho Low that the Malaysian prosecutors were independent, fair, impartial and objective.

They had not allowed any personal views to improperly influence their decision. They had acted in the interests of justice, seeking w...