PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said's political secretary has lodged a police report against Khairy Jamaluddin for defamation.
Datuk Suraya Yaacob lodged the police report at the Sentul police station on Friday (Jan 10) against the former Umno leader for allegedly claiming that the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) had conspired to "hide" the house arrest addendum on Datuk Seri Najib Razak's pardon order.
Suraya said that Khairy’s alleged statement was not only false but had also smeared Azalina’s image, Sinar Harian reported.
Khairy, a former health minister, allegedly made the claim on his Keluar Sekejap podcast, which he co-hosts with former Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan.
On Monday, the Court of Appeal overturned the dismissal of Najib’s legal attempt to access the document that he says should allow him to serve the rest of his term at home.
The case will go back to the High Court to be heard by another judge.
Following this, the Opposition demanded answers from the government on whether there was a deliberate attempt to conceal the existence of the royal addendum order, with its existence finally confirmed.
Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said the Court of Appeal’s decision on Tuesday showed that certain parties intentionally tried to hide the addendum order.
He charged that defying, concealing or denying the royal decree was a huge act of treachery to the King and nation.
PAS Youth chief Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden also called for action against those allegedly concealing the addendum.
Najib’s son, Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin, also questioned why the government hid the royal addendum and did not implement the house arrest.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution had said that the Home Ministry and Prisons Department had not received any addendum order related to the former prime minister.
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil also denied that the government had hidden or concealed the royal addendum order.
