Attorney-General Ainum Mohd Saaid today dispelled rumours that she had been under an in-house investigation by the Securities Commission regarding purported problems in the commission when she was its deputy chief executive.

"There was a lot of speculation and I can't stop the speculation but I was only taking care of my health as far as I am concerned," Ainum said.

She told reporters at the 11th Malaysian Law Conference that she was suffering from thyroid and possibly other complications.

"People want to speculate but the truth of the matter is that I was ill and not in top form," she said.

It was earlier reported that the Securities Commission was conducting an in-house probe regarding problematic tasks executed during Ainum's tenure at the commission.

However, both the SC and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Dr Rais Yatim denied that she was under any kind of investigations.

"I know nothing of any investigation against me," Ainum added.

She also explained that she had only taken a month's leave but returned after the second week.

Rais had confirmed that she was on a two-month break when the minister spoke to reporters on the matter on Oct 7.

Ainum was the commission's deputy chief executive from April 1999 until she took over the attorney-general post early this year.

Six-week deadline

Meanwhile, Chief Justice Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah told reporters that he would be looking into a six-week requirement for judges to deliver their written judgments.

"[The] most important [consideration] is the complexity of the case and they have long cases so it takes time for them [to get them written]. They also need to hear cases," Dzaiddin said.

The idea was first mooted by Dzaiddin's predecessor Eusoff Chin in the early 1990s and was later included in the Judges' Code of Conduct.