KUALA LUMPUR: Parties involved have been asked to refrain from making statements that are sub judice relating to the appeal filed by Datuk Seri Najib Razak regarding a royal addendum order that would allow him to serve the rest of his prison sentence in a house arrest.
In a statement issued on Monday (Dec 9), the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) said that the Court of Appeal has fixed Jan 6, 2025, to hear Najib's appeal.
Najib is appealing against the High Court's dismissal of his application for leave to initiate judicial review and a notice of motion to submit an additional statement on the royal addendum.
"Therefore, all parties are asked to respect the court proceedings and not issue any statements that are sub judice in nature as the appeal and notice of motion have not been decided by the court," the AGC said.
On July 3, the High Court dismissed Najib's application for leave to commence judicial review on grounds that the affidavits supporting his application were "purely hearsay".
Najib filed the application for leave for judicial review on April 1.
He named the Home Minister, the Commissioner General of Prisons, the Attorney General, the Federal Territories Pardons Board, the Minister at the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform), director-general of the legal affairs at the Prime Minister's Department and the government as the first until the seventh respondents respectively.
In the notice of application, Najib sought a mandamus order that all of the respondents or one of them to answer and verify the existence of the addendum order dated Jan 29.
Najib is seeking a mandamus order where if the addendum order exists, all or one of the respondents must execute the royal order and immediately move him from the Kajang Prison to his residence in Kuala Lumpur where he would serve his remaining sentence under house arrest.
