Kuala Lampur, July 17 -- Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) director Melissa Sasidaran has slammed Singapore's Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) for allegedly intentionally misinterpreting a statement she posted on July 16.

In her first statement, Melissa had accused the island-nation's AGC of sabotage in the death row case of Malaysia's P. Pannir Selvam and four others as well as hindering legal assistance from Malaysia for the other Malaysian prisoners.

The LFL said the letter contained an accusation directed against lawyer N. Surendran last Friday that was critical of his public comments over the cases of the five Malaysians on death row, in which it accused Surendran of making "scandalous allegations against Singapore and its legal system, i...