Pro-establishment Malay group wants Najib pardoned, appointed ‘interim PM’
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — A Malay group called Pertubuhan Sahabat Ulul Amri Malaysia reportedly petitioned the Yang di-Pertuan Agong today to pardon convicted former prime mInister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
The group said giving Najib a pardon for his corruption charges will show the Agong’s benevolence, and said that many in the public wants to see Najib become “interim prime minister” to govern the country amid the political turmoil triggered by Umno. “This is an opportunity to save Malaysia. Najib fulfills two criteria — he is trusted by His Majesty and he has experience running the country,” its chairman Syed Muhammad Imran Abdul Aziz was quoted saying in Malaysiakini.
The group also insisted that Najib is innocent until proven guilty, despite a High Court in July last year sentencing Najib to two years’ jail and fined RM210 million after finding him guilty on seven charges of criminal breach of trust , money laundering and abuse of position, involving RM42 million of SRC funds.
Under Article 42 of the Federal Constitution, the Agong can grant a pardon based on the advice of the Pardons Board.
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