High Court dismisses AG's bid for gag order over royal addendum on Najib's house arrest


KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has dismissed the Attorney General's application for a gag order on public discourse of a purported royal addendum order that would allow Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the rest of his prison sentence under house arrest.

Justice Alice Loke Yee Ching, in her decision, said the applicant did not satisfy the threshold required for a gag order.

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