Malaysian Bar's legal challenge against royal pardon invalid due to lack of AGM quorum, says Najib

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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has objected to the Malaysian Bar's legal challenge against his royal pardon on grounds that the Bar lacked quorum.   Read more at https://shorturl.at/mcjme  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Datuk Siri Najib Tun Razak has filed a preliminary objection against the Malaysian Bar's motion

00:08to challenge the Pardons Board's decision to reduce his prison sentence and fine, claiming

00:13that the Professional Body's annual General Meeting was void.

00:17The former Prime Minister's lawyer Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafi, who affirmed an affidavit

00:21for a preliminary objection, stated the Malaysian Bar had no locus to commence the legal action.

00:27He claimed that the Bar's 78th AGM, which passed a motion to file the action, was void,

00:34as it was purportedly conducted without the necessary quorum and thus violated the Legal

00:39Profession Act 1976, rendering it ultra-vires and a breach of statutory duty.

00:46The AGM was held on March 16, where a motion on Najib's pardon was being discussed, but

00:51Muhammad Farhan claimed that there were not enough members in the audience, adding that

00:56in such a situation it was mandatory for the AGM to have been adjourned to the next

01:02day in order to achieve the requisite number of attendees.

01:06Muhammad Farhan also said the Bar had no locus stand die to commence the action as they do

01:11not have any legal or equitable interest in the matter pertaining to Najib's pardon.

01:17On April 26, the Bar filed the application for leave to commence judicial review to challenge

01:23Najib's pardon.

01:25It named the Pardons Board of the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, and Putrajaya,

01:31and Najib as the first and second respondents, respectively.

01:35The Bar is seeking a declaration that the January 29 Pardons Board's decision regarding

01:40Najib's application to halve his prison sentence, which would result in an early release on

01:45August 23, 2028, is illegal, unconstitutional, and invalid.

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