00:00 "There is a need to clear the air over the confusion created by the Malaysian Bar in
00:07 Najib Razak's commuted sentence," says UMNO Supreme Council Member Puat Sarkashi.
00:13 In a Facebook post, Puat said the Federal Territories Minister, Dr Zalihah Mustafa,
00:19 and Attorney General Ahmad Derryruddin Saleh must properly address this issue.
00:24 Puat said the motion passed by the Bar's annual general meeting yesterday suggested
00:29 that the Federal Territories Pardons Board had acted unfairly in granting Najib the commuted
00:34 sentence and that the matter is not the prerogative of the Yang di-Pertuan Agung.
00:39 Yesterday, the Malaysian Bar's AGM approved a motion to file a legal challenge against
00:44 the Federal Territories Pardons Board over the decision to halve the former Prime Minister's
00:49 jail sentence for his SRC international corruption conviction.
00:55 Former Malaysian Bar President Zainur Zakaria told FMT the motion was passed with an "overwhelming
01:00 majority."
01:01 Zainur, who submitted the motion for the Bar members' deliberation, claimed that the Pardons
01:06 Board had acted "ultra-virus Article 42 of the Federal Constitution" in slashing Najib's
01:12 12-year jail sentence to six years and reducing the RM210 million fine to RM50 million.
01:20 However, Puat said there was nothing surprising about the motion as the professional body
01:26 is often biased and plays politics.
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