KUALA LUMPUR: The legal team of Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak (pix) today questioned how a foreign media organisation could obtain the information pertaining to the status of the former prime minister’s royal pardon petition as the sitting on every Pardons Board is conducted at a high level of secrecy.
Lead counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s question came up following an article titled “Malaysia set to decide on jailed former PM Najib’s high-stakes bid for royal pardon” published by the media outlet today.
In a statement, he said the writer indicated that the Pardon’s Board had met last December about the matter of the petition for pardon for the former premier, but apparently, the matter was deferred to this month for the Pardons board to reconvene.
“The sitting of every Pardons Board is conducted at high-level secrecy. Neither the names of the variable members of the Pardons Board nor the dates of their assembly are publicised.
“The permanent members of the Pardons Board are the Yang di-Pertuan Agong himself, the Minister of Federal Territories (in the case of the Federal Territories Pardons matter) and the Attorney-General. –Bernama