The government is applying for a gag order to prevent public discussion on a purported addendum that Datuk Seri Najib Razak claims would allow him to serve the remainder of his SRC International Sdn Bhd prison sentence under house arrest.
Senior Federal Counsel Shamsul Bolhassan, representing the Federal Territory Pardons Board, the government, and five others, made the application orally during case management on Monday (Jan 13).
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Senior Federal Counsel Shamsul Bolhassan, representing the Federal Territory Pardons Board, the government, and five others, made the application orally during case management on Monday (Jan 13).
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00:00The government will file a motion for a gag order to restrain discussions about the case
00:08involving Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's judicial review application concerning his
00:14claims of the existence of an additional document that purportedly allows him to serve the remainder
00:19of his prison sentence under house arrest.
00:23Federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan, representing the government and six other respondents,
00:28said the application was made due to the sensitive nature of the case.
00:33The court has directed the government to file a formal application by January 20, and Najib
00:38is required to file an affidavit in reply within a week.
00:43The court has also scheduled an online case management for the judicial review on March
00:4711.
00:48Shamsul told reporters after the case management proceedings before Judge Hayat al-Akmar Abdul
00:55Aziz on Monday.
00:57Meanwhile, Najib's lawyer Tan Shri Muhammad Shafi Abdullah said he objected to the application.
01:04On January 6, Najib obtained leave from the Court of Appeal in his appeal relating to
01:09his claims of a royal addendum order that would allow him house arrest.
01:14In a two-to-one majority decision, the appellate court overturned the High Court's dismissal
01:19of Najib's application for leave to initiate judicial review.
01:24The case was remitted to be heard before a different judge at the High Court.
01:29Najib filed the application for leave for judicial review on April 1, 2024.
01:35He named the Home Minister, the Commissioner General of Prisons, the Attorney General,
01:40the Federal Territories Pardons Board, the Minister at the Prime Minister's Department,
01:45Law and Institutional Reform, the Director General of Legal Affairs at the Prime Minister's
01:51Department, and the government as the first to seventh respondents, respectively.
01:57Najib is seeking a mandamus order where if the addendum order exists, all or one of the
02:03respondents must execute the royal order and immediately move him from Kajang Prison to
02:09his residence in Kuala Lumpur, where he would serve his remaining sentence under house arrest.
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