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Public opinion can't drive case decisions: Ex-chief prosecutor
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Judicial Commissioner Mavis Chionh says public interest issues and public opinion cannot be ignored.
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The public prosecutor cannot ignore public opinion but also cannot allow it to drive prosecutorial decisions, which have to be based on the evidence of a case, said former chief prosecutor Mavis Chionh.
In an interview published this month in a law journal, giving rare insight into a prosecutor's mind, the judicial commissioner stressed that public opinion and public interest issues cannot be ignored, but decisions also cannot be populist.
