Malaysia’s sixth prime minister Najib has served eight months of a 12-year jail term over a 1MDB-linked case. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PUTRAJAYA - Whether or not Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak receives a royal pardon is now in the hands of the “court of compassion”, said law minister Azalina Othman Said on Wednesday.
“There is no other legal procedure left, only the court of compassion, meaning it’s at the discretion of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and we cannot force it,” she told reporters after the launch of a public information website on disputes involving the so-called “Sulu heirs” on Wednesday. This followed the Umno supreme council’s decision to ask the King to consider granting a royal pardon to Najib as per Article 42 of the Federal Constitution on April 8.
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