Anwar tells AG to apologise, seek audience with king over Najib’s house arrest

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called on the attorney-general to urgently request a meeting with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim, in order to apologize and clarify the reasons behind proposing a postponement of Najib Razak's house arrest. Anwar explained that Sultan Ibrahim had already decided to grant the former prime minister a conditional pardon and that this decision should be respected.

He informed reporters that the Attorney-General, Dusuki Mokhtar, has already asked for an audience with the king to discuss the matter. Anwar emphasized that the powers of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong are not in question, and Dusuki had already requested an audience with the king to address the issue. The Attorney-General's Chambers stated that their request to defer the implementation of Najib's house arrest was not a dispute of the conditional pardon granted to the former prime minister but rather a concern over the legal implications of the Order of Discharge issued by the Kuala Lumpur High Court following the payment of Najib's RM50 million fine.

The palace clarified that the king's decision to grant the conditional pardon is explicit and unambiguous, and unrelated to any other cases involving Najib.