KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General’s Chambers has filed for a gag order forbidding any party from discussing Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s judicial review concerning his claims of the existence of an additional document that purportedly allows him to carry out the remaining duration of his six-year prison term under house arrest. AGC civil division deputy chief...
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has denied exerting his influence through a phone call to pressure 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) into entering a joint venture with PetroSaudi International (PSI) in 2009. The High Court in Putrajaya was told of a phone call made by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho to Najib. During the call,...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has been told that Datuk Seri Najib Razak was the "shadow director" of SRC International Sdn Bhd and was personally and directly involved in handing out cheques worth RM16mil and RM3.5mil to Umno and Selangor Umno. Lawyer Razlan Hadri Zulkifli, representing SRC and its subsidiaries, Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd and...
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the High Court that he sought Low Taek Jho's assistance for dealings in China in 2016 despite the fugitive businessman's bad reputation due to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal. Najib had earlier testified that he sent his former special officer Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin to China on a trip...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must urgently implement comprehensive political financing legislation to mitigate corruption risks and enhance transparency, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. Speaking at the Political Financing International Conference on Tuesday (Jan 14), Azalina highlighted that the absence of specific laws governing political financing in...
PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said disagrees with the Attorney General's Chambers’ (AGC) recent application to obtain a gag order on a purported royal addendum that allows Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest. "Honestly, in my...
PUTRAJAYA: Despite his extensive experience in governance and quality education, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak admitted in the High Court that he made decisions on government-related measures with full awareness but sometimes miscalculated the impact. The 71-year-old former prime minister said mistakes could happen if a matter was misrepresented, or he was misinformed or misled. Najib, who...
PETALING JAYA: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has accused Umno leaders of submitting to DAP to maintain their position in the government. Dr Mahathir attributed this as the reason for Umno's decision to cancel its attendance at the 'Solidarity with Datuk Seri Najib Razak' rally held earlier on Monday (Jan 6). He claimed that the...
PETALING JAYA: Umno is appealing to His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia’s goodwill for a full pardon for Datuk Seri Najib Razak, after the incarcerated former prime minister’s successful bid at the Court of Appeal. In an immediate reaction after the court's decision on Monday (Jan 6), Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi...
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's son Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin asks why the government hid and did not implement the royal addendum for his father to serve house arrest. This is after the Court of Appeal allowed Najib's bid for leave to commence judicial review over an alleged royal addendum. "The royal addendum exists and...
