KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — Malaysian Bar president Steven Thiru maintained today that the professional legal body has a working relationship with the Attorney-General’s Chambers, after Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali claimed that he was given the cold shoulder.

Steven pointed out that upon taking office for the 2015-2016 term, the Malaysian Bar office bearers and a team of Bar Council members comprising former presidents met former AG Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail and officers of the Attorney-General’s Chambers on June 1 this year.

“Since then, there have been other meetings with the Attorney General’s Chambers,” Steven said in a statement.

“The Malaysian Bar has a professional relationship with the Attorney-General and the Attorney General’s Chambers. As and when there are issues concerning professional practice or the administration of justice, the office bearers of the Malaysian Bar and/or members of Bar Council meet the Attorney-General and/or the relevant officers of the Attorney General’s Chambers on those matters.

“The Malaysian Bar will continue with this working relationship with the Attorney General’s Chambers (and the Judiciary) — as partners in the administration of justice — to preserve and protect the rule of law, and to uphold the supremacy of the Federal Constitution,” added the head of the professional legal body in the peninsula.

In a recent interview with news portal The Malaysian Insider, Apandi complained about not receiving a congratulatory note from the Bar Council upon his appointment as AG in July.