Tommy Thomas won't cooperate with special task force probing his book

Former attorney general Tommy Thomas will not co-operate with the special task force investigating allegations made in his book "My Story: Justice in the Wilderness".

In a letter addressed to Sarawak legal adviser and former state attorney-general Fong Joo Chung who heads the team, Thomas said he would be withholding his cooperation as he felt the existence of such a task force compromised the independence of the office of attorney general.

"I assume that the Task Force intends to scrutinise prosecutorial decisions taken by me whilst I occupied the office of the Attorney General. These decisions were explained in my book, and these explanations have in turn...