Now, Mat Zain wants Gani Patail to explain ‘false’ affidavits by Shafee, Ramli
(TMI) – Datuk Mat Zain Ibrahim is continuing his crusade against Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, asking the Attorney General (AG) today to explain the reasons for his chambers filing two affidavits which the retired police officer said was false.
“Should the AG chooses to remain silent nor willing to take any actions, then he and the entire AG’s Chambers must bear the responsibility and consequences for filing false affidavits which was affirmed by Shafee and Ramli. And for allowing the affidavits to be used in the Court of Appeal proceeding,” Mat Zain said in a statement in Kuala Lumpur today.
The former Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigations Department chief was referring to the affidavits by Umno lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and former Commercial Crime Department chief Datuk Ramli Yusuff.
The statements were filed in response to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s application to disqualify Shafee as the deputy public prosecutor in the government’s appeal against the opposition leader’s acquittal in a sodomy case.
Mat Zain said Gani should remove senior lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah as the lead prosecutor in the sodomy appeal case immediately.
Muhammad Shafee was appointed by the Attorney General’s Chambers to represent Putrajaya in appealing the acquittal of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy charges. His appointment has been challenged by Anwar’s legal counsel.
“Now that Abdul Gani has discovered Shafee’s affidavit to be false, or at the very least that there are strong ground to suspect that the senior lawyer’s affidavit to be false, he owes a duty to the court to put the matter right,” Mat Zain said.
