AG: Tribunal can recommend stripping ex-EC members of retirement benefits

The tribunal tasked with investigating the conduct of six former Election Commission (EC) members can recommend that their post-retirement gratuity be revoked if wrongdoings are established, said attorney-general Tommy Thomas.

Reiterating that the tribunal is not academic, he said it can still recommend to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to remove them from office and spell out the consequences of such a removal...