The Bar Council will lodge disciplinary complaints against any lawyer or law firm implicated in cases of graft related to bank loan agreement documents, says Malaysian Bar president Ezri Abdul Wahab.
Thanking enforcement agencies for recent action against bank officers who allegedly accepted bribes to direct customers to particular legal firms for documentation, he said accountability “applies to every party involved”.
“Their firm action sends a clear message that corruption will not be tolerated.
“Such practices distort competition, erode professionalism and directly harm the economic well-being of honest lawyers who refuse to engage in corrupt arrangements,” he said in a statement today.
Ezri also warned errant lawyers not to assume that silence would protect them, as implicated firms might turn…