Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's appeal against the dismissal of his bid to serve his six-year prison sentence under house arrest will be heard by the Court of Appeal tomorrow. Najib claims the existence of a royal addendum allowing for house arrest.
The Court of Appeal will hear tomorrow Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s appeal against the dismissal of his bid to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence under house arrest, based on his claim of the existence of a royal addendum to that effect.
The hearing was postponed to Jan 6 after Najib’s lawyer, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, informed a three-judge panel that he had filed an application on Dec 3 of last year to present additional evidence. High Court Judge Datuk Amarjeet Singh had ruled that the four affidavits supporting Najib’s claim, including from UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and vice-president Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, were hearsay and inadmissible.
The former Pekan member of parliament also seeks an order that, if the additional decree is confirmed to exist, the respondents be compelled to enforce it and facilitate his immediate transfer from Kajang Prison to his residence in Kuala Lumpur to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.
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