High Court dismisses Najib's application for review over house arrest 'addendum'


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has dismissed Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application for leave to commence judicial review over his claims of a royal addendum order by the former Yang di-Pertuan Agong that would allow him to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest.

High Court judge Justice Amarjeet Singh made the decision on the basis that four supporting affidavits in Najib's application were "purely hearsay".

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