00:00DAP's Ong Kian Ming says it is time to have a serious conversation about the possibility
00:05of a full pardon for former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is currently serving time
00:09in jail for corruption.
00:11The former Bangi MP recalled that in 2023, he had said a full pardon for Najib would
00:15constitute a red line for DAP.
00:18But added that more than two years on, especially after the discharge not amounting to acquittal
00:22granted to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zayed Hamidi, he was less sure of that stance.
00:27In a statement, he said he stands on a full pardon for the country's sixth Prime Minister
00:31who was influenced by the grand amnesty proposal first mooted by former UMNO Youth Chief Kari
00:36Jamaluddin in 2023.
00:39Such amnesty would include not only a full pardon for Najib, but also the dismissal of ongoing
00:44cases against former Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin,
00:48he said.
00:49He also cited the government's appeal in former Youth and Sports Minister Saeed Sadegh Saeed
00:53Abdul Rahman's corruption case and attempts to go after the assets of the
00:57lay Daim Zaynuddin, which he said could make room for what Kairi terms a political reset
01:02to end the use of state institutions against political rivals once one side is in power.
01:07I'm Thal Raja, FMT.
01:08I'm Thal Raja, FMT.
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