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Puad Zarkashi says the government risks fuelling the belief that it is ‘hiding more secrets’ in pursuing the restrictive order.

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00:00An UMNO leader has warned that a gag order from the court, barring public discussion
00:06of Najib Razak's bid to compel Putrajaya to execute an addendum order on house arrest,
00:12would only worsen the trust deficit in the government. UMNO Supreme Council Member Puat
00:17Zarkashi was commenting on reports that the government would be filing for a gag and prohibitive
00:22order in the High Court to stop the public from discussing the former Prime Minister's
00:26bid to serve the remainder of his SRC international sentence under house arrest. In a Facebook
00:32post, Puat said this has fuelled speculation and negative assumptions on social media,
00:38damaging the government's credibility. He also said it would be in the government's
00:43best interest for the Attorney General's Chambers to abandon its pursuit of the order.
00:48Otherwise, it risks fuelling the belief that the government was hiding more secrets, he
00:54Yesterday, Senior Federal Counsel Shamsulbul Hasan said Najib's lead counsel Shafi Abdullah
01:00had objected when he made an oral application for the order. Justice Hayatul Akmal Abdul
01:06Aziz took note of the objection and directed the government to file a formal application
01:11by January 20.

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