KUALA LUMPUR:  , Former Malaysian prime Minister Najib Razak’s legal bid for “house arrest” saw a new twist on Thursday ( Dec 5 ) with an attempt to introduce fresh evidence.  ,
After state lawyers claimed they needed more time to go through an oath that was handed to them on Tuesday, the hearing that was scheduled to begin on Thursday was adjourned.  ,
Nizar Najib’s brother filed the oath, in which it stated that the Pahang king had informed him about the existence of a royal clause for the former leading to serve the majority of his six-year prison sentence while he was placed under house arrest.
The former king had halved Najib’s 12-year jail term for corruption and cut his RM210 million ( US$ 47 million ) fine to RM50 million as one of his last official tasks before stepping down on Jan 30 this year.
Later, one of the former president’s attorneys, Shafee Abdullah, after revealed to reporters that Mr. Nizar had received a version of the memorandum from the Pahang house on Monday and that he had filed an oath on this a day later.  ,  ,  ,
” The contents ( of the document ) are exactly what we have known before, that Najib is to serve his balance of the imprisonment sentence in the house, which means house imprisonment. And that was signed on Jan 29 ( 2024 ), same time as the main order”, he said.  ,  ,
” But, the additional and fresh information is to show clearly that it exists”, he added.  ,
But, Mr. Shafee declined to reveal the document’s items. Due to the delicate nature of the more evidence, he requested that the appeals court problem a protecting order to preserve the anonymity of the proceedings.
The High Court had previously rejected Najib’s constitutional challenge to the government to create an clause order that allegedly was issued by Al-Sultan Abdullah, the ex-king, allowing him to serve the majority of his reduced six-year word at home.
Najib, 71, filed an appeal and is now serving his sentence in Selangor’s Kajang jail. The charm was scheduled to be heard by the Court of Appeal.  ,  ,  ,
In July, the High Court ruled that hearsay-based affidavits supporting Najib’s state were unacceptable as proof.
Judge Amarjeet Singh cited documents from Malaysia’s deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and another senior official from Najib’s group as evidence that the government had no legal authority to listen to the request.
The former prince has not commented on the reported file, and it has not been made public.