Najib’s legal team welcomes announcement on legal provisions for house arrest

PETALING JAYA: Legal provisions that allow house arrest have always been in the country’s legal framework, says Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee. A lawyer in former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s legal team, Muhammad Farhan welcomed the announcement by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said on the...

Najib withdraws appeal over legal bid to attend Parliament

PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has withdrawn his appeal to the Court of Appeal for leave to commence a legal challenge over the Prisons Department’s refusal to allow his request to attend Parliament sittings. The notice of discontinuance of the appeal was filed on July 12 by Messrs Shafee & Co, the legal...