In the present document of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the ICJ states that the Malaysian judiciary, although it generally acts independently, was widely seen to be complicit in political prosecutions by the government, particularly in the trial of former Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim. The ICJ states that it is a basic duty of a lawyer to properly represent the interests of a client and provide a full and adequate defence. The charging of a lawyer for statements made in court improperly associates a lawyer with his client’s cause and represents an unjustified interference in the performance of a lawyer’s professional duties. The Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers guarantees lawyers civil and penal immunity for statements made in good faith in oral or written proceedings before a court.