Don’t bar media from covering Najib’s ‘house arrest order' proceedings, says group

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PETALING JAYA: The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) today called for a public hearing of Najib Razak’s bid to compel the government to produce a “supplementary order” purportedly issued by the former king allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.

PETALING JAYA: The Centre for Independent Journalism today called for a public hearing of Najib Razak’s bid to compel the government to produce a “supplementary order” purportedly issued by the former king allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.

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“If they are not , it may give rise to perceptions of double standards that can erode public confidence in the government and our judicial institutions.” Najib alleged that the supplementary order was not announced by the board on Feb 2, when it said it had halved Najib’s prison sentence in his SRC International case from 12 years to six and reduced his fine from RM210 million to RM50 million.

In a statement yesterday, Tengku Zafrul said he would seek to file his own affidavit in the proceedings to correct “factual errors” in Zahid’s affidavit.

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