AGC Files Application to Review Najib’s Discharge Order
KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) today filed an application at the High Court here to review the discharge order involving Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, which allows the former Prime Minister to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.
Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar said the application concerned the order issued by the High Court here on November 6.
“The AGC has filed an application at the High Court today to review and re-examine the discharge order issued on November 6 and to obtain a new discharge order that is consistent with the pardon order granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on September 18,” he told the media via WhatsApp today.
According to a check of the court system, the application is scheduled to be heard before Judge Datuk Aslam Zainuddin at 2.30pm today.
On November 6, Najib paid the RM50 million fine imposed on him in the SRC International Sdn Bhd funds misappropriation case at the High Court Criminal Registry.
On the same day, the AGC announced in a statement that the implementation of Najib’s house arrest had been temporarily postponed pending further examination and clarification of the interpretation of the Conditional Pardon Order and the implications of the Order of Discharge issued by the High Court following the payment of the RM50 million fine.
The AGC said Najib would remain at his existing place of detention throughout the postponement period, subject to the powers and directives of the relevant authorities.
On November 7, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim decreed that the implementation of the Conditional Pardon Order for Najib, which allows him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest, must be respected in accordance with the position of the Constitutional Monarchy and the principle of the rule of law.
Sultan Ibrahim decreed that the decision granted under the royal prerogative of pardon pursuant to Article 42 of the Federal Constitution must be implemented as decided, without creating confusion or prolonged uncertainty.
His Majesty also decreed that the Conditional Pardon Order was clear, explicit and unambiguous, and was not linked to any other case involving Najib.
The RM50 million payment was among the conditions of the pardon granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on September 18, allowing Najib to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest until August 23, 2028.
Najib, 73, has been serving his sentence at Kajang Prison since August 23, 2022, after being convicted in the misappropriation case involving RM42 million in SRC International funds.
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