Pardons Board does not appear to have considered Shafee Abdullah's demand that The Agong decide if Najib Razak had received a fair trial,and that may well be an invitation to try again with a true sense of repentance (insaf)

 by Ganesh Sahathevan

                                                 

It does seem as if the Pardons Board   has wisely chosen to  ignore lawyer  Shafee Abdullah's demand that The Agong decide if Najib Razak had received a fair trial for the official statement speaks of "nasihat dan pandangan" , advice and opinions, but says nothing about Shafee's submission. 

That may well be a good thing, for the wording of the statement may well be an invitation to Najib to  try again, but  with a true sense of repentance (insaf). 

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Najib's lawyer Shafee Abdullah wants Agong to determine that Najib Razak did not receive a fair trial - Even the Agong is prevented from interfering in the work of the judiciary, and he certainly cannot be even seen to interfere in the ongoing cases against Najib,  wife Rosmah Mansor and others 

by Ganesh Sahathevan

         The King and Najib

Najib Razak's lawyer Shafee Abdullah has been reported saying with regards Najib petition for a royal pardon to the current Agong or King , Sultan Abdullah of Pahang:

“As lawyers, we are more anxious about our client’s position considering his sole ground for his request for pardon was on the basis that he had never received a fair trial, especially in the final leg of his appeal at the Federal Court. Our client therefore should not spend a day in prison..”

However as lawyers Shafee and colleagues must be aware that the King cannot decide if anyone has had or had not "a fair trial". The Monarch as part of the Executive is an integral part of  one of three arms of government  ie the Legilsature, Executive and Judiciary, and neither has any business interfering with the work of any other. 

Complicating matters is the fact that there are ongoing 1MDB related matters before the courts involving Najib himself, his wife Rosmah, and others.The King cannot be even seen to be interfering in those matters by casting aspersions on the prosecutors , their counsel and the judges involved. 

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