Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be submitting a new application for a full royal pardon.
His lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah confirmed this during a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on Wednesday (Feb 7).
Muhammad Shafee said Najib's defence team was waiting for the right timing to submit their fresh application.
On Feb 2, the Federal Territories Pardons Board halved Najib's 12-year jail term to six years and reduced his fine from RM210mil to RM50mil.
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His lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah confirmed this during a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on Wednesday (Feb 7).
Muhammad Shafee said Najib's defence team was waiting for the right timing to submit their fresh application.
On Feb 2, the Federal Territories Pardons Board halved Najib's 12-year jail term to six years and reduced his fine from RM210mil to RM50mil.
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00:00 In Dato' Sri Najib's case, he never had a chance to be heard in the federal court 100%.
00:08 A set of illegality that happened, that put my client in a position of not having a fair trial.
00:16 We are seriously thinking about another petition of pardon.
00:21 A full pardon, they call it a free pardon, which we have asked before.
00:26 We want to reiterate that, we are waiting for the right timing, we will do it.
00:31 But I conclude by saying on that part, whether the pardons board decision or the Yang Dato' Nagong decision
00:39 was regularly made or not, is not for us to discuss because it is unchallengeable.
00:45 But I want to show the troubling spots that are there.
00:51 And I keep on wondering, why is my client bullied?
00:56 In the court, he never received a fair trial.
00:59 In the pardon also, he is not getting a fair cut of the procedure.
01:05 Everything seems to be a blunder.
01:07 So why is it on Dato' Sri Najib?
01:11 You know, it didn't sound right.
01:15 Dato' Sri Najib should not be in the prison, not even for a day,
01:20 because his constitutional right has been taken away.
01:23 Do you apply for a new pardon?
01:26 I'm waiting for... No, no deadline.
01:28 Those who say, you know there's a lot of people who are lawyer buroh,
01:33 who keep on saying you must serve three years, then only you can apply.
01:38 They have forgotten there are exceptions.
01:41 I've just given you how many exceptions of what went wrong in the first pardon.
01:46 I must reiterate, my client is not totally happy about the fact that he didn't get a free pardon
01:52 because of what he has been denied.
01:54 But to answer your question squarely, we are waiting for the right cue from my client
02:00 when to put in the next paper.
02:03 Pardon, right?
02:05 It's either a full pardon, you can call it full pardon, or free pardon.
02:09 Dato' Sri, you mentioned in so many words,
02:12 would you be able to tell us in brief why you're submitting another request for pardon?
02:17 The reason why we wanted to make another request is because we don't think the pardons board,
02:25 without denoting any blame to any particular person or persons,
02:30 I don't think the pardons board operated the way the constitution expects them to operate.
02:36 The young reputed honourable merely hears opinion and advice,
02:41 which he must, he must hear the advice and opinion,
02:45 but he decides on his own.
02:47 Progative or mercy, he decides himself.
02:50 Dato' Sri, I just want to ask you this question.
02:53 You said you're waiting on a word or instruction from your client in regards to submitting a new request for a pardon.
03:00 Yes.
03:01 What is your criteria or date in which you would pick to send this request for pardon?
03:08 Is there a specific date? What kind of time frame?
03:11 What kind of stars have to align in order for that to happen?
03:16 I don't wait for any stars.
03:20 Although to the Chinese they'll be quite happy.
03:23 Although I'm born in the year of the dragon, we don't work on the stars or the year.
03:28 But certainly I don't want to push it too fast because the young reputed honourable has not warmed up his seat yet.
03:38 So that's one criteria, for sure.
03:41 And the other criteria is I want to wait for my client's instruction as to consideration of other factors.
03:48 Dato' Sri, as for the first Royal Pardon application, since Dato' Sri asked for a full pardon,
03:54 but in the end only got a permutation, so can he tell you what he felt besides disappointment?
03:59 He's disappointed. He's very disappointed because he has always argued
04:04 consonant with the minority decision in the Federal Court that he should not spend a day in the prison.
04:11 Dato' Sri, you mentioned the first Royal Pardon application,
04:17 because Dato' Sri didn't get a permutation.
04:22 And then he picked up from what I said, there's also a lack of a fair assessment in the pardon.
04:29 Am I going to incorporate lack of assessment of the pardon as something unfair in the process,
04:37 as the basis of my second pardon request?
04:42 The answer is yes, for sure, among others.
04:45 One more here. One more here.
04:49 Yes, one more.
04:52 Thank you.
04:55 [End of Audio]