00:00Najib Razak did not exercise reasonable diligence to show that the royal addendum allegedly allowing him to serve his sentence under house arrest existed when the High Court heard his application for judicial review last year.
00:14The Federal Court heard today.
00:16Attorney General Dusiki Mokhtar told a three-member bench chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya, Hasna Hashim, that although Najib claimed to have credible information, the former young Depertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, issued the addendum, he failed to show any attempt to verify it with Istana Negara or Istana Pahang.
00:36Last July, the High Court refused to grant leave on the grounds that affidavits filed in support of Najib's application with hearsay evidence.
00:43Najib's son, Nizar, had filed an affidavit just before the Court of Appeal hearing in support of his father's application to also adduce fresh evidence, which the appellate court also allowed.
00:55He claimed the comptroller of the Sultan of Pahang's royal household, Ahmad Kirazal Abdul Rahman, had confirmed the existence of the addendum order and verified its authenticity.
01:05Today, Dusiki said the minority judgment of the Court of Appeal was correct in finding that reasonable diligence was lacking.
01:11Dusiki said Najib, though in Kajang Prison with access to contact authorities, did not try to verify the addendum's authenticity with Istana Pahang after it was attached to the January 29, 2024 order.