Umno supreme council to seek audience with King to present pardon application for Najib


KUALA LUMPUR: The Umno supreme council will be seeking an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to present an application to consider a royal pardon for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Umno secretary-general Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said this was unanimously agreed by party supreme council members at a meeting on Friday (April 7) to request the King to consider pardoning Najib, as provided under Article 42(1) of the Constitution.

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