KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 -- The constitutional amendment to separate the roles of the attorney general and public prosecutor has been deferred and will instead be examined by a new bipartisan parliamentary committee, Perikatan Nasional chief whip Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said.

Speaking to reporters in Parliament, Takiyuddin confirmed that opposition MPs have been invited to join the special committee, which will scrutinise and refine the bill before it is put to a vote, according to report in Free Malaysia Today.

"We have been asked to submit names to join the committee, and we have done so," he said, noting that a minister may be appointed to chair the panel.

The Bill proposes amendments to six articles of the Federal Constitution an...