THE Kuala Lumpur High Court will deliver its decision on Datuk Seri Najib Razak's judicial review application to enforce a royal addendum order that purportedly allows him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest on Jan 5.
Judge Alice Loke Yee Ching fixed the date after hearing arguments today from Najib's lawyer and the Attorney General's Chambers.
The former Prime Minister filed a judicial review seeking an order that the respondents or any of them be directed to immediately implement the order, including transferring him from Kajang Prison to his residence in Kuala Lumpur to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.
Earlier, his lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah argued that former Attorney General Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd. Salleh should have filed an affidavit to prove the validity of the addendum order issued to Najib.
His argument was that the order should have been enforced since last year because it was personally forwarded to Ahmad Terrirudin by the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA).
His argument was that individuals who had no knowledge of the addendum order filed an affidavit to deny that the house arrest issue was discussed at the Pardon Board meeting.
Najib has been serving his sentence in Kajang Prison since 23 August 2022, after being convicted of embezzling RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd.
He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined RM210 million by the High Court. The conviction and sentence were later upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court, which dismissed his appeal.
Najib later filed a petition for royal pardon on 2 September 2022. The Pardon Board subsequently reduced his prison term from 12 years to six years while the fine was reduced from RM210 million to RM50 million. – November 24, 2025
