KUALA LUMPUR: Former Yayasan Bank Rakyat (YBR) chairman Datuk Seri Nazir Hussin Akhtar Hussin's bid to block an asset declaration notice from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) faces a high legal hurdle.

Senior lawyers have questioned the prospects of his injunction application, filed amid an investigation into suspected misappropriation and abuse of position involving a RM10 million YBR investment.

Bar Council Criminal Law Committee chairman Vivekananda Sukumaran said courts generally decline to interfere with MACC's investigative powers, while legislation imposed further restrictions on injunctions against public authorities.

"The court can hear such an application, but the bar is very high, and our courts have consistently declined to interfere with MACC's investigative steps," he told the New Straits Times.