AG was right to question Najib’s discharge order, says lawyer
Hafiz Hassan says corrections to the earlier order justify the attorney-general’s scrutiny, describing accusations of defying the king as misplaced.
Lawyer Hafiz Hassan maintains that the High Court's decision to replace its November 6 discharge order for former Prime Minister Najib Razak supports Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar's call for scrutiny of the document. According to Hassan, the AG was justified in raising concerns about the order's wording and its implications for Najib's remaining prison sentence.
The earlier discharge order contained several "obvious mistakes" highlighted by other legal professionals. Hassan clarified that the fresh order stipulates that paying the RM50 million fine does not release Najib from his prison sentence, but rather permits him to complete the remainder of his SRC International sentence under house arrest.
Written by urgent.news from Free Malaysia Today's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
