Pardons Board tried to appease everyone, but no one is happy, says Najib’s ex-lawyer


KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister should make public the process of the Pardons Board, says Zaid Ibrahim, who was also Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s former lawyer.

“The proceedings of the Pardons Board are done confidentially - we do not even know who some of the members are. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim asked us to respect the process but how do we respect the process if we do not even know what went on?

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