PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has two options before him now that he has been ordered to serve his 12-year jail sentence following the Federal Court’s decision to uphold his SRC International Sdn Bhd conviction, says a top lawyer.
Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla said Najib’s lawyers might file an application for the Federal Court to review its own decision.
Another option for Najib is to file a petition for a Royal Pardon, but this is outside of the criminal appeal system, said Haniff Khatri. A second such petition shall be allowed when a prisoner has completed three years from the date of conviction, and thereafter such petitions shall be granted at two-year intervals, unless there are special circumstances, in which case the Officer-in-Charge may consider whether it should be brought to the notice of the King or the state Rulers or the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, as the case may be.
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