Home Ministry to follow AGC advice on Najib’s house arrest
Court clarification sought over implementation of former PM’s sentence.
Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's legal representative has petitioned for his immediate transfer from Kajang Prison to house arrest, following the Malaysian palace's clarification that all conditions of his conditional royal pardon have been satisfied. Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee, part of Najib's legal team, stated that there is no longer any justification for maintaining Najib's presence at Kajang Prison; they must relocate him to his residence at Jalan Langgak Duta to serve his house arrest, as mandated by His Majesty.
Farhan also conveyed his appreciation to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim, for providing the royal pardon's clarification. The Sultan has now explicitly communicated that the order is unequivocal, unrelated to other cases, and that all conditions have been met, according to Farhan. Earlier, Istana Negara had affirmed that Najib's conditional pardon of September 18 was clear, explicit, and unambiguous, with no connection to other cases involving him.
The palace warned that challenging the order would be seen as defying the King's decree. The pardon permits Najib to conclude the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence under house arrest until August 23, 2028, contingent on the payment of a RM50 million fine, which was settled in full at the Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday.
Nevertheless, the Attorney-General's Chambers proposed temporarily postponing the house arrest arrangement until judicial clarification is obtained on the legal implications of the High Court's discharge order. The A-GC also clarified that this step was necessary to confirm whether Najib's SRC International sentence was still active or had concluded, and the potential impact on his separate prison sentence in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case.
The A-GC denied questioning or trying to suspend the King's conditional pardon, emphasizing that seeking court clarification was vital to ensure the relevant orders were carried out legally.
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