Federal Court dismisses AG’s appeal over Najib’s house arrest bid

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The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by the prosecution in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's judicial review application concerning a royal addendum that may allow him to serve his prison sentence under house arrest.  A three-judge panel chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Justice Hasnah Mohammed Hashim unanimously made the dismissal on Wednesday (Aug 13).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4j7ethym   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by the Attorney General to block Datuk Seri Najib Razak

00:22from pursuing access to a royal document that he says would allow him to serve his prison sentence

00:28at home. Najib, imprisoned since August 2022 for his role in the 1MDB scandal, has said

00:36that an addendum order was issued last year as part of a royal pardon by the then-king

00:41that halved the former premier's jail sentence from 12 years to six. Najib has since been

00:47seeking to confirm the existence of and execute the royal order. A three-judge panel chaired

00:53by Chief Judge of Malaya Justice Hasna Mohamed Hashim in a unanimous decision on Wednesday

00:59said it accepted the existence of the addendum order, but was not in a position to determine

01:04if it was authentic or truly issued as part of the royal pardon. The apex court ordered

01:10the case to be sent back to the High Court to be heard on its merits. In July, a lawyer

01:15for the Attorney General's chambers told the Federal Court he did not dispute the order's

01:22existence, saying that the government only sought to challenge the manner in which it was submitted

01:26for evidence.

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