Najib succeeds in 'royal addendum' appeal, granted leave to initiate judicial review of sentence


PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has succeeded in obtaining leave from the Court of Appeal in a split 2-1 decision in his appeal relating to his claims of a royal addendum order that would allow him a house arrest.

In the majority decision, the appellate court overturned the High Court's dismissal of Najib's application for leave to initiate judicial review over the prison time imposed on him in the SRC International Sdn Bhd trial.

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