Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said the government did not conceal any document related to jailed former leader Najib Razak’s home detention, state media reported.
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Najib, imprisoned for his role in the country’s 1MDB scandal, has been pursuing a legal bid to compel the government to confirm the existence of and execute an “addendum order” that he said was issued by the former king alongside a pardon he received last year, entitling him to serve the remainder of his jail term at home.
The former prime minister previously had his 12-year sentence halved in a pardon by then-King Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, who was chair of a special pardons board.
Sultan Abdullah’s five-year reign under Malaysia’s unique system of rotating monarchy ended in January 2024.
Najib and the ex-king’s palace say the document exists, with Najib’s legal team saying it has been ignored by authorities.
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Anwar said the document was sent to the attorney general and not to him nor any other member of the pardons board, state news agency Bernama reported on Saturday.