December 10, 2024
Kuala Lumpur – Relevant parties have been asked not to make pending statements regarding Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal against the Royal Appendix order, which would have allowed him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.
The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) said in a statement on Monday (December 9) that the Court of Appeal has scheduled January 6, 2025 to hear Najib’s appeal.
Najib is appealing against the High Court’s rejection of his application for leave to initiate a judicial review and a notice of motion to file a supplementary statement in relation to the Crown Addendum.
“Accordingly, as the appeal and notice of motion have yet to be decided by the court, all parties are requested to respect the court proceedings and refrain from making any statements of a judicial nature,” the Attorney General said.
On July 3, the High Court dismissed Najib’s application for judicial review on the grounds that the affidavit supporting his application was “purely hearsay.”
Najib filed an application for judicial review leave on April 1.
He named the Home Minister, Inspector General of Prisons, Attorney General, Federal Territories Pardon Board, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms), Director of Legal Affairs in the Prime Minister’s Department and the Government as the first to seventh respondents respectively.
In the notice of application, Najib sought a mandamus order requiring all or one of the defendants to answer and verify the existence of the addendum order dated January 29.
Najib is seeking a mandamus order and if there is a supplementary order, all or one of the defendants must comply with the royal order and have him immediately transferred from Kajang prison to his residence in Kuala Lumpur, where he will serve his sentence under house arrest.
