The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong has the prerogative to pardon, postpone sentences and relieve punishments for any offences committed in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan based on the provisions under Article 42 (1) and 2 of the Federal Constitution.
Istana Negara, in a statement on Friday (Jan 3), said the King also can remit, suspend or lighten any punishments by the courts for the offences.
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Istana Negara, in a statement on Friday (Jan 3), said the King also can remit, suspend or lighten any punishments by the courts for the offences.
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00:00Any prisoners seeking clemency for their sentences must submit appeals to the Pardons Board,
00:05chaired by the young Dipertuan Agung.
00:07In a statement on Friday, Istana Nagara said the King has prerogative powers
00:12under Article 42, Subsections 1 and 2 of the Federal Constitution
00:17to grant pardons, remit, suspend or commute sentences.
00:20The Palace also said that applications for pardons or the commutation of sentences
00:26shall be submitted by the prisoner concerned to the Pardons Board,
00:29chaired by the King, for consideration at its next meeting.
00:34On Monday, the Court of Appeal will hear a bid
00:37by jailed former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak
00:41to overturn a lower court decision last July
00:44that struck out his request to confirm the existence of and execute a royal order,
00:49entitling him to house arrest.
00:51Najib is serving a six-year jail sentence for corruption
00:55linked to the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal.
00:58His initial sentence was halved by the Pardons Board last February.
01:02In a similar statement last week, the Attorney General's Office
01:06said all petitions for prisoners in Malaysia to serve their sentences under house arrest,
01:11including for Najib, had to be submitted to the Pardons Board.
01:15The Palace did not name any prisoners in its statement.
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