Najib Seeks Temporary Passport Access To Be In Singapore With Expecting Daughter

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Najib Abdul Razak is applying for leave at the Court of Appeal to temporarily release his passport so that he could fly to Singapore to be with his daughter, who is expected to give birth there.
The former prime minister’s counsel Nur Syahirah Hanapiah today confirmed that they filed the application at the Court of Appeal recently.
“That is correct,” the lawyer said when contacted by Malaysiakini today.
Nur Syahirah explained that the Court of Appeal is in the process of sealing the filed documents and that the court is set to hear the application on Monday next week.
Earlier this morning, the Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed a similar application for Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, for temporary access to her passport, so she could be in Singapore and give mental and moral support to Nooryana Najwa.
Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan ruled that Rosmah is allowed to temporarily get her passport today and that she is only allowed to travel to Singapore from Oct 21, and must be back in Malaysia by Nov 21.
Meanwhile, Nur Syahirah today explained that Najib’s defence team filed the passport-related application at the Court of Appeal because his appeal against his conviction and sentencing in the RM42 million SRC International case is still pending there.
However, she did not reveal the specific time period that Najib is seeking for the Court of Appeal to allow him to fly to Singapore to be with Nooryana Najwa and then return to Malaysia.
Previously, when Najib was first charged over the SRC case in July 2018, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered him to surrender his two passports pending disposal of the case.
On May 18, a three-person Court of Appeal bench chaired by judge Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil reserved its decision after 15 days of hearing Najib’s appeal.
When contacted, an officer attached to the Palace of Justice confirmed that the hearing of Najib’s passport-related application is set to proceed before the Court of Appeal on Monday.
Checks on the online cause list at ecourtservices.kehakiman.gov.my listed Najib’s application for hearing before the Court of Appeal at 9am on Oct 18 (Monday next week). - Mkini

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