Isu tahanan rumah Najib beri momentum kepada Umno, kata Tuan Ibrahim

PAS Deputy President Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man claims the Najib Razak home arrest issue has given Umno a boost as it heads into the Melaka PRN election. The deputy leader of PAS believes the home arrest momentum will continue until the upcoming general election, helping both Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) in the polls. "I see the Najib home arrest issue as a momentum among Malays, particularly among Umno," he said after attending a BN-PN DUN Paya Rumput Grand Finale rally the previous night.

Tuan Ibrahim also dismissed the perception that the court's permission for Najib to serve the remainder of his jail term in house arrest meant he had been fully released. He clarified that house arrest status does not imply full release, as Najib is still serving his prison sentence through the relevant house arrest method. Furthermore, Tuan Ibrahim noted that the first time such a house arrest order was implemented in Malaysia, but it is not new globally.

He cited examples such as former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former South African president Nelson Mandela, who had been subject to house arrest.