The Federal Court has granted Attorney-General Datuk Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar's application to appeal against the existence of an alleged royal addendum involving former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
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00:00The Federal Court has granted Attorney General Datuk Mohamed Dusuki Mokhtar's application
00:07to appeal a ruling giving jailed former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak access to
00:12a document he says allows him to serve his remaining prison sentence under house arrest.
00:18Najib, imprisoned for his role in the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal, is pursuing a legal bid
00:26to compel authorities to confirm the existence of and execute a royal order that he said
00:32was issued last year as part of a pardon by the then King, entitling him to serve the
00:38remainder of his sentence at home.
00:41In a unanimous decision, a three-member federal court bench ruled on Monday that the Attorney
00:46General could appeal a lower court's January ruling in favour of Najib's attempt to access
00:52the alleged document, with the case to be heard on July 1 and 2.
00:57Najib was found guilty in 2020 of criminal breach of trust and abuse of power for illegally
01:03receiving funds misappropriated from a unit of state investor 1MDB.
01:09The former Premier had his 12-year sentence halved last year in a pardon by the Pahang ruler,
01:15who was the 16th young Dipertuan Agong.
01:22for a span of padre and the child, the Pharisee of the