s 107 Commissioner may carry out or continue investigation initiated by complaint notwithstanding withdrawal of complaint
Where the Commissioner is of the opinion that it is in the public interest so to do, he may carry out or continue an investigation initiated by a complaint notwithstanding that the complainant has withdrawn the complaint and, in any such case, the provisions of this Act shall apply to the complaint and the complainant as if the complaint had not been withdrawn.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pesuruhjaya boleh menjalankan atau meneruskan penyiasatan yang dimulakan melalui aduan walaupun aduan itu ditarik balik
Jika Pesuruhjaya berpendapat bahawa adalah demi kepentingan awam untuk berbuat demikian, dia boleh menjalankan atau meneruskan suatu penyiasatan yang dimulakan melalui suatu aduan walaupun pengadu itu telah menarik balik aduan itu dan, dalam mana-mana hal sedemikian, peruntukan Akta ini hendaklah terpakai bagi aduan dan pengadu itu seolah-olah aduan itu telah tidak ditarik balik.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).