Kuala Lampur, April 21 -- For this reason alone is why he said the power to appoint the PP should not be decided by one person, but decentralised during the selection and appointment process.

"I just want to draw a picture of what I predict politics will be like if it goes wrong. Effectively if this law is passed, the prosecutor will be, to me, in the top five most powerful people in Malaysia.

"But the point I'm trying to make is, the role will be remarkably powerful, so no one should have complete control over that appointment process," he said in a forum by the Malaysian Bar here yesterday.

He cautioned that the AG-PP split could risk becoming a "fake reform" where those in power would have "political cover" to go after their politic...