Kuala Lumpur: A former Malaysian Bar president wants the incoming Bar Council members to file a legal challenge against the Pardons Board over its decision to halve Najib Razak’s jail sentence for his SRC International corruption conviction.

PETALING JAYA: Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has revealed that a question he posed on whether lawyer Shafee Abdullah had broken the law by divulging information attributed to the former King over Najib Razak’s pardon application has been rejected.

PETALING JAYA: PKR grassroots are unhappy with the party’s handling of former prime minister Najib Razak’s reduced sentence, leaving division leaders fearing that members may boycott future elections.

PETALING JAYA: Analysts say DAP has little reason to openly criticise the reduction of sentence for former prime minister Najib Razak in his SRC International case, and that the party should instead exercise caution in any address of the matter.

Kuala Lumpur: Najib Razak’s legal team says they are “seriously thinking” about submitting another petition for a full royal pardon for the former prime minister regarding his SRC International conviction and sentence.

Kuala Lumpur: Najib Razak’s lawyer Shafee Abdullah has hit out at Malaysian Bar president Karen Cheah over her assertion that the King can only grant pardons on the advice of the Federal Territories Pardons Board (FTPB).

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Bar has expressed “deep disappointment” over the decision of the Federal Territories Pardons Board to remit the sentence passed by the courts on former prime minister Najib Razak, asking if the exercise of mercy has “robbed” the nation of justice.

PETALING JAYA: Several Umno division leaders have vowed to revitalise the party despite the recent failure to secure a full pardon for former president Najib Razak, whose prison term and fine for his SRC International conviction was instead reduced.

PETALING JAYA: The government has the power to release Najib Razak from prison under a provision of the Prison Act 1955 despite the Pardons Board granting the former prime minister only a remission of his sentence, a retired Court of Appeal judge said.

PETALING JAYA: The decision to commute Najib Razak’s prison sentence and reduce his fine to RM50 million is discouraging to the officers in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, says a former chief commissioner.