Terpulang budi bicara Agong, Zahid ulas nasib Najib

Presiden Umno Zahid Hamidi has fully entrusted the fate of former Prime Minister Najib Razak's sentence to the wisdom of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong ahead of next Saturday's session of the Federal Territory Board of Forgiveness. <source 027ab338-367> Zahid expressed his confidence in the Agong's budi bicara and sagacité, anticipating that their judgment will definitively determine Najib's final fate. <source 027ab338-367> The 72-year-old Najib, who served as Prime Minister from 2009 to 2018, was convicted of siphoning RM42 million from SRC International, fined RM210 million, and sentenced to 12 years in prison, beginning his term in Kajang Prison on August 23, 2022. <source 027ab338-367> However, the Federal Territory Board of Forgiveness has reduced his jail term to six years and his fine to RM50 million. <source 027ab338-367> The Board is expected to consider Najib's fresh petition for mercy on Friday. <source 027ab338-367> Najib remains embroiled in several ongoing criminal and civil proceedings related to the 1MDB and SRC cases, as well as bankruptcy proceedings concerning a RM1.69 billion tax debt.