KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed to initiate a judicial review over the addendum order by the former King allowing him to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest.
High Court judge Datuk Amarjeet Singh today dismissed the former prime minister's leave application for the court to hear the case.
The judge said all affidavits filed to support Najib's case including by Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and vice-president Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail were hearsay.
In April, he filed a judicial review to establish the existence of the addendum order dated Jan 29, issued by former Yang di-Pertuan Agong which he claimed the government has kept silent about.
On Jan 29, the Federal Territories Pardons Board, which the then King presided over, halved Najib's 12-year jail sentence for abuse of power and criminal breach of trust in the SRC International case and reduced his RM210 million fine to RM50 million.
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