[1] Both the applicants are advocates and solicitors of the High Court of Malaya. They acted for one Datuk Shamsubahrin bin Ismail (their client) who had been summoned by the 1st respondent to give statement to assist in investigation of an offence under s 16(b)(B) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 (Act 694) against one Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh bin Ismail, the Executive Director of National Feedlot Corporation (NFC). The order to give statement was pursuant to s 30 of Act 694.

[2] The applicants had on 19 March 2012, accompanied their client to the 1st respondent's premises and insisted to be present throughout the recording of the statement, on the instruction of their client. According to the affidavit in reply of the respondents, as the situation then was tense and with the presence of reporters, the applicants were allowed to accompany their client during statement taking but the applicant