PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh confirmed that the FT Pardons Board will meet on Friday (Sept 11).
"Yes, I can confirm the meeting will be held at 8.30am.
"We have been called (to the meeting)," she told the press on Thursday (Sept 10) after launching the Kuala Lumpur Civil Defence Command Centre.
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Yeoh declined to comment when asked if the board would discuss any application from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
"For now, I can only confirm that the meeting will be held tomorrow," she said.
As the minister responsible for the Federal Territories, Yeoh is part of the board alongside the Attorney General and three other members appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
It was reported that Najib’s house arrest application was expected to be among the issues raised, although it remained unclear whether the meeting would result in a decision or merely discuss the matter.
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Najib, 73, was convicted of misappropriating RM42mil belonging to SRC International and sentenced to 12 years in prison, along with a RM210mil fine.
He began serving his sentence at Kajang Prison on Aug 23, 2022.
The Pardons Board subsequently halved his prison term to six years and reduced the fine to RM50mil.
On Dec 22, then High Court judge Justice Alice Loke, now a Court of Appeal judge, dismissed Najib’s application to serve the remainder of his reduced sentence under house arrest.
Najib later withdrew his appeal against the decision.
