The Federal Court on Tuesday (July 1) dismissed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s preliminary objection to the Attorney-General’s Chambers’ appeal to seek a judicial review challenging the existence of his house arrest order.
00:00The Federal Court has dismissed a preliminary objection by Datuk Seri Najib Razak against the Attorney General's appeal concerning the existence of an additional document allegedly permitting the former Prime Minister to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.
00:20A three-member bench chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Tanshri Hasna Mohamed Hashim in a unanimous decision said that the seven questions of law proposed by the AG are justiciable and can be reviewed by the Court.
00:36The panel then fixed July 2 to hear the AG's appeal.
00:40On April 28, the Federal Court granted leave to the Attorney General to appeal over Najib's additional document.
00:47Najib was represented by counsel Tanshri Mohamed Shafi Abdullah, while Attorney General Tanshri Mohamed Dusuki Mokhtar acted for the AG.
00:58On January 6, the Court of Appeal remitted the case on Najib's claim of the existence of an additional document purportedly allowing him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence under house arrest to the High Court to be heard on its merits.
01:14This decision overturned the High Court's earlier ruling, which had dismissed Najib's application for leave to commence a judicial review regarding the alleged additional document.
