Najib's Son Claims He Received Royal Addendum That'll Allow His Dad To Serve House Arrest
Datuk Nizar Najib said with the sultan's involvement, the matter should not be taken lightly or falsified.
By Yap Wan Xiang — 06 Dec 2024, 05:49 PM
Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's son, Datuk Nizar Najib, has filed an affidavit affirming the existence of a royal addendum for his father to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest
Nizar, who is also a Pahang executive council member and Peramu Jaya assemblyperson, stated that the affidavit was filed earlier this week, reported Malaysiakini.
This led the Court of Appeal to adjourn its hearing yesterday, 5 December, as government lawyers required more time to review the documents.
Najib filed the judicial review in April, seeking to establish the existence of the addendum dated 29 January, issued by the Sultan of Pahang, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
Najib claimed the government had kept the addendum hidden. However, the High Court ruled in July that the former prime minister's affidavits were based on hearsay and lacked source details, reported the New Straits Times.
Najib's lawyers appealed the ruling. In the latest development, Nizar claimed he had received the royal addendum from the Pahang sultan himself.
He claimed that the royal addendum was not signed or sealed, but was kept by the sultan for "record-keeping" purposes, reported Malaysiakini.
Despite not being signed, Nazir claimed the document was identical to the allegedly sealed version provided to the government on 29 January.
Nizar claimed the sultan allowed him to use the document for court purposes on 2 December, which he has since filed as fresh evidence.
"If you realise, the Pahang Palace had never denied the existence of the addendum or said it was fake. Furthermore, it was the sultan who told me this himself," Nizar said this in an interview yesterday
He stated that, with the sultan's involvement, the matter should not be taken lightly or falsified, as shared in a video interview with Malaysia Gazette yesterday.
Watch the interview below:
Najib is currently serving a six-year jail term in Kajang prison for the RM42 million SRC International corruption case
He was initially sentenced to 12 years in jail, but a royal pardon cut his sentence by half.
Najib claimed the addendum allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence at home was issued on the same day as his royal pardon.
