00:00UMNO Youth Chief Dr. Akmal Saleh is not qualified to make remarks regarding the royal pardon
00:06given to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in 2018, says an analyst.
00:10A Aziz Azizam of University Technology Mara said it was also wrong of Akmal to do so while
00:15speaking up on the issue of a pardon and bid for house arrest for former Prime Minister
00:20Najib Razak.
00:22He said as a key UMNO leader, Akmal should exercise caution when addressing such matters
00:27as his remarks reflect the party's stance on cooperation.
00:30Aziz added that while differing opinions are common in any alliance, Akmal's remarks
00:35could have repercussions on the fragile relationship between Barisan Nasional and Pakistan Harapan.
00:40On December 28 last year, the Attorney General's chambers said that all proposals for prisoners
00:46in the federal territories to serve the remainder of their sentence under house arrest, including
00:51Najib, have to be submitted to the federal territories' pardons board.
00:55On the same day, Akmal questioned whether Anwar's 2018 pardon had been submitted to
01:00the FTPB.
01:01Dhanush Rajareza, FMT News.
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