Gag order on addendum will erode public trust, warns Umno leader

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Puad Zarkashi says the government risks fuelling the belief that it is ‘hiding more secrets’ in pursuing the restrictive order.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/14/gag-order-on-addendum-will-erode-public-trust-warns-umno-leader/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #PuadZarkashi  #GagOrder #Addendum

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00:00An UMNO leader has warned that a gag order from the court, barring public discussion

00:06of Najib Razak's bid to compel Putrajaya to execute an addendum order on house arrest,

00:12would only worsen the trust deficit in the government. UMNO Supreme Council Member Puat

00:17Zarkashi was commenting on reports that the government would be filing for a gag and prohibitive

00:22order in the High Court to stop the public from discussing the former Prime Minister's

00:26bid to serve the remainder of his SRC international sentence under house arrest. In a Facebook

00:32post, Puat said this has fuelled speculation and negative assumptions on social media,

00:38damaging the government's credibility. He also said it would be in the government's

00:43best interest for the Attorney General's Chambers to abandon its pursuit of the order.

00:48Otherwise, it risks fuelling the belief that the government was hiding more secrets, he

00:54Yesterday, Senior Federal Counsel Shamsulbul Hasan said Najib's lead counsel Shafi Abdullah

01:00had objected when he made an oral application for the order. Justice Hayatul Akmal Abdul

01:06Aziz took note of the objection and directed the government to file a formal application

01:11by January 20.

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