DATUK Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has confirmed the existence of an addendum order from the former Yang di-Pertuan Agong allowing Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.
The deputy prime minister and Umno president supported Najib’s claim in an affidavit filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on April 9.
Zahid claimed that former Selangor Umno treasurer Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz showed him the document at his house near Country Heights on January 30.
The rural and regional development minister said this in his supporting affidavit dated April 9 in Najib’s judicial review application to compel the government to produce the impugned document.
“I saw the entire contents and that it forms part of the pardon process of the applicant, which is supplementary to the main royal order both dated January 29, 2024,” he claimed in the document which is accessible to the public domain on the judiciary’s website.
Zahid said the contents of the addendum order expressly stated that Najib be allowed to serve the reduced sentence of his imprisonment under the condition of house arrest, instead of his current prison confinement in Kajang Prison.
He said the addendum order had the seal and signature of His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda the Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVI. – The Vibes, April 17, 2024
