New twist in Najib’s bid to serve jail term at home as two ministers dispute claims over supposed royal order

New twist in Najib’s bid to serve jail term at home as two ministers dispute claims over supposed royal orderNew twist in Najib’s bid to serve jail term at home as two ministers dispute claims over supposed royal order

With two Cabinet ministers now implicated in a legal issue concerning royal sensitivities, and what has been seen as excessive leniency for a man who was initially jailed for 12 years on corruption charges linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, analysts told CNA that Mr Anwar could emerge on the losing end.

“Zahid’s affidavit is part of a strategy to stave off accusations that he did not do his best in terms of Najib’s pardon,” he said, referring to how some UMNO members had accused their party president of not doing enough to secure Najib’s pardon. " subsequently showed me a copy of the said Addendum Order on his phone which he personally photographed/scanned from an original copy as shown to him by ,” Mr Ahmad Zahid stated in his affidavit.

Mr Ahmad Zahid ended off by saying he he did not have a copy of the addendum order for reasons of “confidentiality and propriety”, especially as the order had yet to be “executed or enforced”. But in a statement on Wednesday evening, Mr Tengku Zafrul said he had seen Mr Ahmad Zahid’s affidavit and asserted that it contained factual errors.

Later on Wednesday evening, the Attorney-General’s Chambers said it will bring Mr Tengku Zafrul’s comments to the attention of the court.Mr Anwar’s office had previously said it would not be making any statement on how it intends to deal with Najib’s legal challenge, while Mr Saifuddin had said he has “not seen” any such order.

If the existence of the addendum is proven, Prof Chin said it will be difficult for Mr Anwar to talk himself out of this issue as it involves his administration’s transparency with the public.

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