KUALA LUMPUR –     Malaysia’s attorney-general’s office said all petitions for prisoners in Malaysia to serve their sentences under house arrest, including jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, must be submitted to the pardons board chaired by the country’s king. Najib is serving a six-year jail sentence for corruption linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. The Court of Appeal is set to hear on Jan. 6 a bid by Najib to overturn a lo…

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Malaysia attorney-general’s office says house arrest bids must go to pardons board

PETALING JAYA: The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) has stated that all applications for prisoners, including former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, to serve the remainder of their sentences under house arrest must be submitted to the Pardons Board, chaired by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Read full story

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KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's attorney-general's office said all petitions for prisoners in Malaysia to serve their sentences under house arrest, including jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, must be submitted to the pardons board chaired by the country's king. Najib is serving a six-year jail sentence for corruption linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. The Court of Appeal is set...

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KUALA LUMPUR: Any application for a royal pardon, including that of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, must be submitted to the Pardons Board chair through the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
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The Attorney-General’s Chambers says this is in accordance with the procedures and channels established under the law.

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Malaysia's attorney-general's office said all petitions for prisoners in Malaysia to serve their sentences under house arrest, including jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, must be submitted to the pardons board chaired by the country's king.

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Malaysia’s attorney-general’s office said all petitions for prisoners in Malaysia to serve their sentences under house arrest, including jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, must be submitted to the pardons board chaired by the country’s king.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 (Bernama) -- All applications for pardons related to offences committed in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya must be submitted to the Pardons Board, which is chaired by the King, said the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC).

Malaysia attorney-general’s office says house arrest bids must go to pardons board

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