Dec 5 Set For Najib S House Arrest Addendum Appeal Hearing

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The Court of Appeal has set Dec 5 for the hearing of Najib Abdul Razak’s appeal concerning the dismissal of his leave application to commence judicial review regarding an alleged addendum on his house arrest.
The former prime minister claimed that the addendum was issued by the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong to allow him to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest.
Senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly@Arwi confirmed the hearing date.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court rejected Najib’s application on July 3, which found that the four affidavits supporting his claim, including those from Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and vice-president Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, were hearsay.
Following the dismissal, Najib, 71, filed a notice of appeal on July 9.
He named seven respondents in his application, namely the home minister, Prisons Department commissioner-general, attorney-general, Pardons Board for the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform), Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Legal Affairs Division director-general, and the government.
In his application filed in April, Najib is seeking a mandamus order to compel the respondents to respond and confirm the existence of the additional decree dated Jan 29 this year.
He also requests that if the additional decree exists, the respondents must enforce it and transfer him immediately from Kajang Prison to his residence in Kuala Lumpur to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest.
Najib has been incarcerated in Kajang Prison since Aug 23, 2022, after being convicted of embezzling RM42 million in funds belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd.
Following his conviction, he filed a petition for a royal pardon on Sept 2, 2022, which resulted in a reduction of his sentence from 12 years to six years and his fine from RM210 million to RM50 million.
- Bernama

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