00:00The government will file a motion for a gag order to restrain discussions about the case
00:08involving Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's judicial review application concerning his
00:14claims of the existence of an additional document that purportedly allows him to serve the remainder
00:19of his prison sentence under house arrest.
00:23Federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan, representing the government and six other respondents,
00:28said the application was made due to the sensitive nature of the case.
00:33The court has directed the government to file a formal application by January 20, and Najib
00:38is required to file an affidavit in reply within a week.
00:43The court has also scheduled an online case management for the judicial review on March
00:4711.
00:48Shamsul told reporters after the case management proceedings before Judge Hayat al-Akmar Abdul
00:55Aziz on Monday.
00:57Meanwhile, Najib's lawyer Tan Shri Muhammad Shafi Abdullah said he objected to the application.
01:04On January 6, Najib obtained leave from the Court of Appeal in his appeal relating to
01:09his claims of a royal addendum order that would allow him house arrest.
01:14In a two-to-one majority decision, the appellate court overturned the High Court's dismissal
01:19of Najib's application for leave to initiate judicial review.
01:24The case was remitted to be heard before a different judge at the High Court.
01:29Najib filed the application for leave for judicial review on April 1, 2024.
01:35He named the Home Minister, the Commissioner General of Prisons, the Attorney General,
01:40the Federal Territories Pardons Board, the Minister at the Prime Minister's Department,
01:45Law and Institutional Reform, the Director General of Legal Affairs at the Prime Minister's
01:51Department, and the government as the first to seventh respondents, respectively.
01:57Najib is seeking a mandamus order where if the addendum order exists, all or one of the
02:03respondents must execute the royal order and immediately move him from Kajang Prison to
02:09his residence in Kuala Lumpur, where he would serve his remaining sentence under house arrest.
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