RCI chairman's 'conclusion' only opinion, carries no legal weight, say lawyers


Bede Hong

Lawyers say RCI chairman Mohd Sidek Hassan's 'conclusion' that Bank Negara lost more than RM31 billion between 1991 and 1994 does not carry legal weight and can be grounds to recuse him. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, August 22, 2017.

THE conclusion by the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) chairman Mohd Sidek Hassan that the central bank suffered forex losses amounting to RM31.516 billion between 1991 and 1994 carries no legal weight, lawyers say.

Mohd Sidek, who heads the six-member RCI, made that conclusion just before the end of the first day of the inquiry yesterday.


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