Federal Court Allows Ag S Bid To Challenge Najib S Royal Addendum Document Ruling

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Court has granted the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) leave to appeal against the existence of an additional document in the case involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
On March 24, the panel heard submissions from Attorney-General Datuk Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar and Najib’s lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, on the AG’s leave application.
On Jan 6, in a 2-1 majority decision, the Court of Appeal remitted the case on Najib’s claim of the existence of an additional document purportedly allowing him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence under house arrest, to the High Court to be heard on its merits.
This decision overturned the High Court’s earlier ruling, which had dismissed Najib’s application for leave to commence a judicial review regarding the alleged additional document.
The AG, as the applicant, had filed the leave application against the Court of Appeal ruling. An applicant must obtain leave to proceed with the appeal to the Federal Court.
Najib, 71, is seeking a mandamus order compelling the respondents to confirm and disclose the existence of the alleged additional document dated Jan 29, 2024.
Najib has been serving his sentence at Kajang Prison since Aug 23, 2022, following his conviction for misappropriating RM42mil from SRC International Sdn Bhd.
The High Court initially sentenced him to 12 years in prison and fined him RM210 million, a decision which was subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court.
However, his petition for a royal pardon on Sept 2, 2022 resulted in the Pardons Board halving his prison sentence to six years and reducing his fine to RM50mil. - Star
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