00:00Any prisoners seeking clemency for their sentences must submit appeals to the Pardons Board,
00:05chaired by the young Dipertuan Agung.
00:07In a statement on Friday, Istana Nagara said the King has prerogative powers
00:12under Article 42, Subsections 1 and 2 of the Federal Constitution
00:17to grant pardons, remit, suspend or commute sentences.
00:20The Palace also said that applications for pardons or the commutation of sentences
00:26shall be submitted by the prisoner concerned to the Pardons Board,
00:29chaired by the King, for consideration at its next meeting.
00:34On Monday, the Court of Appeal will hear a bid
00:37by jailed former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak
00:41to overturn a lower court decision last July
00:44that struck out his request to confirm the existence of and execute a royal order,
00:49entitling him to house arrest.
00:51Najib is serving a six-year jail sentence for corruption
00:55linked to the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal.
00:58His initial sentence was halved by the Pardons Board last February.
01:02In a similar statement last week, the Attorney General's Office
01:06said all petitions for prisoners in Malaysia to serve their sentences under house arrest,
01:11including for Najib, had to be submitted to the Pardons Board.
01:15The Palace did not name any prisoners in its statement.
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