Pahang
Pulau Pinang
Johor
Negeri Sembilan
Sabah
Perak
Kedah
Melaka
Kelantan
Kuala Lumpur
Terengganu
Selangor
Perlis
Putrajaya
Putrajaya
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru
Muar
Muar
Kota Tinggi
Kluang
Batu Pahat
Segamat
Pontian
Alor Star
Alor Star
Alor Star
Sungai Petani
Kulim
Langkawi
Langkawi
Gurun
Kelantan
Kelantan
Kelantan
Pasir Mas
Jeli
Pasir Puteh
Gua Musang
Gua Musang
Jasin
Kuantan
Kuantan
Kuantan
Maran
Raub
Raub
Ipoh
Ipoh
Ipoh
Sg Siput
Taiping
Taiping
Parit Buntar
Kuala Kangsar
Manjung
Teluk Intan
Tapah
Perlis
Perlis
Pulau Pinang
Pulau Pinang
Pulau Pinang
Georgetown
Balik Pulau
Bukit Mertajam
Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu
Sandakan
Tawau
Kuching
Kuching
Sibu
Sibu
Miri
Miri
Bintulu
Shah Alam
Shah Alam
Shah Alam
Klang
Kajang
Sepang
Sungai Besar
Kuala Kubu Bharu
Telok Datok
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan
Port Dickson
Kuala Pilah
Tampin
Bahau
Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu
Setiu
Kemaman
Dungun
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Petaling Jaya
Ampang
Source Documents
Desk Research Prosecution.pdf
Total Court Data Excl 87.pdf
Prosecution Infrastructure (2011)
The Attorney General, who is the Public Prosecutor, has control and direction of all criminal prosecutions and may institute, conduct or discontinue any proceedings for an offence (other than proceedings before a Syariah Court, Native Court or Court Martial.)
Deputy Public Prosecutors (DPPs) are appointed by the Attorney General and act with all the rights and powers on his behalf. DPPs, like lower court judges, are recruited through the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC). The JLSC determines whether a young lawyer in the government service is posted under the Attorney General’s Chambers or the Courts. All prosecutors are part of the Prosecution Division of the Attorney General’s Chambers and may be posted to various districts around the country.
The graphic above depicts the number of DPPs by state. Each state also contains the number of DPP, Legal Aid Department (LAD), and Legal Aid Council (LAC) locations.
In 2009, a recruitment drive was undertaken to place more DPPs in the subordinate courts. Previously, cases were mainly prosecuted by DPPs with police officers in support to cover the more remote courts and simple applications. In Sabah, for instance, the Prosecution was assisted by Police Prosecutors with mentions and in the Magistrates’ Courts in the interior - “most” cases in Keningau, for example, were prosecuted by the police. As a result of the recruitment drive in 2009, all prosecutions including at the lower courts located in remote areas, are carried out by the Deputy Public Prosecutors.
Aside from the courts, there are 123 DPPs working in Ministries and government agencies, such as the Anti-Corruption Agency (38 DPPs), Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism (31 DPPs) and Home Ministry (24 DPPs).
Training – as with judges – is conducted ‘on the job’.
A Code of Conduct for DPPs was finalized in February 2012.
