‘Pardons Board is meeting today’
The Federal Territories Pardons Board is meeting to discuss potential clemency applications, though officials have declined to confirm if former Prime Minister Najib Razak's case is on the agenda. Najib is currently serving a prison sentence for his role in the SRC International corruption scandal.
Why it matters
The potential pardon of a high-profile political figure remains a sensitive issue in Malaysian governance and public trust in the judicial system.
PETALING JAYA: The Federal Territories Pardons Board will meet today, but board member Hannah Yeoh (pic) has refused to confirm if it would discuss an application by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
“Yes, I can confirm the meeting will be held at 8.30am. We have been called (to the meeting),” the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) said.
However, she declined to comment about the agenda.
“I can only confirm that the meeting will be held tomorrow,” she told the media yesterday after launching the Kuala Lumpur Civil Defence Command Centre.
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