PENGERANG lawmaker Azalina Othman Said has denied a report that she has resigned as an adviser to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

“I wish to confirm that as of today, I am still (the prime minister’s) adviser on law and human rights. 

“I would like to take this opportunity to wish (everyone) Selamat Hari Merdeka,” she wrote on Facebook. 

Malay-language daily Sinar Harian reported yesterday, citing sources, that Azalina had resigned from her post. 

She was appointed as the special adviser on law and human rights in October last year.

Azalina drew flak from politicians and electoral reform group Bersih after she had told a special briefing by Umno following the incarceration of former prime minister Najib Razak that whoever becomes the prime minister will appoint one of their own as attorney-general.

DAP’s Beruas MP Ngeh Koo Ham, Bersatu vice-president Mohd Radzi Jidin and PAS Youth chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari said her comments varied from her earlier calls for reforms in the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

Bersih’s Thomas Fann also reiterated the need for an independent public prosecutor, free of influence from the executive branch of government. – August 31, 2022.