PUTRAJAYA, Jan 9 — The government will not disclose details of the minutes of the Pardons Board meeting of the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya that discussed the pardon of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to the public.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Dr Zaliha Mustafa, who is also a member of the Pardons Board, said the minutes of the meeting were confidential.
“We can’t make the (meeting minutes) public. That is just the right of the Pardons Board,” she told the media after attending the launching ceremony of the Madani Touch Kiosk officiated by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim here today.
Yesterday, Parti Keadilan Rakyat international bureau chairman Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin urged the government to disclose the details of the Pardons Board meeting to halt talk over additional documents that would allow Najib to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest.
Shamsul Iskandar was reported as saying this would end speculation over the full extent of the pardon granted to the former prime minister and clarify the circumstances under which the house arrest addendum was issued by then Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah.
— Bernama
