PUTRAJAYA, Aug 7 (Bernama) — The Federal Court has set Aug 13 to deliver its verdict on the Attorney-General’s Chambers’ (AGC) appeal concerning the existence of a purported additional document that permitted Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.
The former Prime Minister’s counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, confirmed with Bernama the decision date.
On July 9 this year, the Federal Court’s three-member bench comprising Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Hasnah Mohammed Hashim and Federal Court judges Datuk Zabariah Mohd Yusof and Datuk Hanipah Farikullah reserved their decision in the appeal.
On April 28, the Federal Court granted leave to the Attorney-General to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision concerning the alleged additional document linked to Najib.
On Jan 6, in a 2-1 majority decision, the Court of Appeal remitted Najib’s application on the purported existence of an additional document that allows him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence under house arrest, to the High Court for determination on its merits.
This decision overturned the earlier ruling of the High Court, which had dismissed Najib’s application for leave to commence judicial review concerning the alleged document.
Najib is currently serving a six-year custodial sentence for his conviction in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case, following the Federal Court’s dismissal of both his appeal and subsequent review application.
In February 2023, the Pardons Board commuted Najib’s original 12-year sentence to six years and reduced the RM210 million fine to RM50 million.
— BERNAMA