Cabinet did not discuss if Pardons Board needs to justify Najib's sentence reduction, says Fahmi

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The Cabinet did not discuss if there is a need for the Pardons Board to explain its decision to commute Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's sentence and reduce his fine,Fahmi Fadzil.  The government spokesman and Communications Minister said the board's discussions and deliberations were a secret and there was no precedent set where the board had to explain its decision.  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/tdb497ys  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The PM has discussed a number of things.

00:05 There are many moves to have the Pardons Board reveal grounds and justification

00:14 why they agreed to reduce the prison sentence and the sentence for Datuk Seri Najib.

00:20 What is the government's position and was this discussed in the Cabinet meeting?

00:26 The PM has stressed what he said yesterday in the Cabinet meeting.

00:36 We are holding on to that statement.

00:39 At the same time, as far as I know, the PM has not discussed the need for the village council

00:51 to make a statement and the village council has not given any comment or statement.

01:01 As far as I know, there has never been a statement like this.

01:06 Thank you.

01:09 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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