One step forward, says Najib after succeeding in appeal

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One step forward, says Datuk Seri Najib Razak words after successfully obtaining leave from the Court of Appeal in his appeal related to a royal addendum order that would allow him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mve34545   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Grateful, Alhamdulillah, today we have taken one step forward, read a post on former Prime

00:08Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's Facebook page after he successfully obtained leave

00:13from the Court of Appeal in his bid to serve the remainder of his sentence under house

00:18arrest.

00:19Earlier, in a 2-1 decision, the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's dismissal of

00:24Najib's application for leave to initiate a judicial review regarding the prison time

00:29imposed on him in the SRC International Sendirian Berhad trial.

00:35Justice Mohammad Firuz Jafril, delivering the majority decision, stated that the issue

00:40of hearsay was no longer relevant due to new evidence presented in an affidavit filed by

00:45Najib's son, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar.

00:49The judge clarified that a judicial review application only required the applicant to

00:54demonstrate a legitimate case to argue, showing that their rights or interests were aggrieved

00:59and that the application was not frivolous.

01:02The Court also allowed Najib to submit new evidence, including a letter from the Majlis

01:07Ke Sultanan Pahang.

01:08Meanwhile, UMNO is appealing to His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, for

01:14a full pardon for Najib following his success in the Court of Appeal.

01:18In a Facebook post, UMNO President Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi expressed gratitude

01:24to the Sultan of Pahang and former young Dipertuan Agong Al Sultan Abdullah, Riayatuddin Al Mustafa

01:31Billah Shah, for confirming the existence of the royal addendum.

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