KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Malaysian Checkpoints and Borders Agency (MCBA) director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain will remain at his post and carry out his duties as normal unless directed otherwise by the government, his legal team confirmed today.

Speaking to reporters outside the Sepang Sessions and Magistrates’ Court Complex, lawyer Datuk Rosal Azimin Ahmad said no official instructions or interdictions have been issued by administrative authorities barring his client from continuing as a senior civil servant.

Rosal clarified that any formal determination regarding Shuhaily’s service status rests entirely in the hands of the Public Service Department and central government leadership, Berita Harian reported.