00:00Former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has been found guilty for the second time for corruption,
00:07has the option to file for a pardon or appeal his conviction in the 1MDB case, lawyers said.
00:14They said Najib 72 could apply for full clemency, but an appeal to set aside the conviction and sentence in the 1MDB case
00:23would take another two to three years if the matter went up to the federal court.
00:27However, to apply for a pardon, Najib would have to waive his right to appeal, the lawyer said.
00:36Lawyer Abdul Rashid Ismail said the Prisons Act and Regulations did not impose a time limit to bar an applicant from filing for royal clemency.
00:46Lawyer Kitson Fung said Najib would not be able to make an application to the Federal Territory's Pardons Board
00:53if he chooses to exhaust the appeal process.
00:57On December 22nd, the Kuala Lumpur High Court refused to issue a mandanimous order to compel the government to move Najib from Kajang prison
01:06and allow him to serve the remainder of his jail term for the SRC International case at home.
01:13Panyujo, FMT
01:15The Kuala Lumpur Highak
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