KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has filed an appeal against the High Court ruling that dismissed his bid to serve the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence under house arrest. His lawyer, Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee, confirmed that the appeal was filed on Dec 24. On Dec 22, the High Court dismissed...
KUALA LUMPUR: The exercise of clemency by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is not absolute as it has to be carried out in accordance with Constitutional limits, says the High Court. Justice Alice Loke, in her decision on Monday (Dec 22), said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is a constitutional monarch and exercises powers and functions in accordance...
PETALING JAYA: The Attorney General's Chambers has dismissed a statement by Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyer that the powers of rulers were diminished with the High Court's dismissal of the former prime minister's house arrest bid. "The AGC refers to a Malaysiakini report dated Dec 22, 2025 and several other media outlets concerning a statement by...
PETALING JAYA: "Bossku will not give up," says the son of Datuk Seri Najib Razak in a poignant post following the High Court's decision to dismiss his father's bid for house arrest. "I know my father. Bossku will not give up. He will continue to fight, " Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin Najib said in a Facebook post...
KUALA LUMPUR: A constitutional expert says that the Kuala Lumpur High Court acted in line with the Federal Constitution by dismissing Datuk Seri Najib Razak's judicial review bid over a royal addendum for house arrest. Assoc Prof Dr Khairil Azmin Mokhtar, a law lecturer at Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM), said the ruling should also not...
KUALA LUMPUR: The decision date in the judicial review brought by Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is seeking to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest, has been expedited to Dec 22. High Court judge Justice Alice Loke fixed the new date in a case management conducted via Zoom here on Tuesday (Nov...
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed in his bid to recuse High Court judge Justice Alice Loke Yee Ching from presiding over his judicial review relating to the royal addendum order that he claimed would allow him to go under house arrest. Lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah made an oral application for the...
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court will rule on Aug 13 whether the attorney-general (AG) may appeal against leave granted to Najib Razak to pursue judicial review proceedings aimed at enforcing a former king’s house arrest decree. Senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan confirmed the matter when contacted today. On July 9, a three-member bench chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya...
PUTRAJAYA: The existence of a royal addendum order that Datuk Seri Najib Razak claimed would allow him to serve his remaining prison time under house arrest is not contested by the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC), the Federal Court heard. Senior Federal Counsel Shamsul Bolhassan told a three-judge panel, chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Justice Hasnah...
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak failed to exercise reasonable diligence to obtain the addendum he claims would allow him to be under house arrest when he filed for leave to initiate judicial review over the matter, the Federal Court heard. Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar submitted that Najib had every opportunity to obtain the...
