00:00Hello!
00:32Today we were called up in the morning by the court indicating that the court would like to have a
00:39hearing at 3 o'clock for purposes of clarification of the house imprisonment order that was decreed by the His
00:48Majesty the King.
00:49You remember this was done on the 18th of September this year. We are glad to note that the matter,
00:58the proceedings went very smoothly.
01:01Now the Attorney General was the one, I think he is the only one who said that there is a
01:08problem with the understanding of the order of the King.
01:16which was translated by way of a court order by the Registrar.
01:21To us, we found there was no error, there was nothing vague about the order because the order mentioned two
01:32things.
01:33One is, Datuk Seri will have the opportunity to go back and serve the balance of his imprisonment term for
01:42the SRC case at home.
01:45So it is a house imprisonment, alright? Many people use various kind of terms, house detention, house arrest, but they
01:54all amount to the same thing.
01:56But the correct word is house imprisonment because it mimics the prison in the house.
02:03Number two, in order to trigger the house imprisonment, His Majesty has said that Datuk Seri Najib must pay the
02:1350 million ringgit fine.
02:15That, as you can see from the 18th of September until now, Datuk Seri Najib managed to raise it through
02:22his political party.
02:23In fact, his political party volunteered. I am not a volunteer to raise it and they managed to raise it
02:28after several weeks.
02:30And in fact, they raised about 52 million. So 50 million was paid on the 6th of this month. 6th
02:38of this month, right?
02:39Now, but because the AG claims that the order is vague, which we disagree. The order is very clear.
02:45In fact, the prison didn't think it was unclear. They understood it. So they came and inquired whether there can
02:53be clarification.
02:55And the court decided to remove all doubts and have the clarification. Because the court is the treasury for the
03:04judiciary.
03:04Because the fine was imposed initially by the court, a bigger amount, 210 million, which was reduced to 50 million.
03:13So it has got to go to the court. That is the only role that the court should play. And
03:20we mentioned that in open court just now.
03:22It is clear that having paid the 50 million, my client, Datuk Seri Najib, would now have to spend until
03:302028. What is the date?
03:3423rd of August, 2028, he'll be having the house imprisonment until then.
03:42So the house arrest will now go ahead then?
03:44Yes. By today, he'll be in number 11, Langak Tum.
03:47So fancy he's from court or he'll go back to Kajang first?
03:51He will go back to Kajang first in order for certain conditions and formalities to be read to him.
04:00He'll be told what are his, what are expected of him in number 11.
