KUALA LUMPUR: The Court of Appeal will hear Datuk Seri Najib Razak's appeal regarding his house arrest on Jan 6.
The Attorney-General's Chambers, in a statement today, said the hearing will also include Najib's application for leave to adduce new evidence.
"All parties are asked to respect court proceedings and refrain from making any statements that are sub judice, as the appeal and the notice of motion have not yet been decided by the court," the statement said.
Najib, 71, has been serving a six-year prison sentence since Aug 23, 2022, following his conviction for misappropriating RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.
The former prime minister is appealing the High Court's dismissal of his application for leave to commence a judicial review regarding an alleged addendum.
The addendum, purportedly issued by the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, would allow Najib to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.
The former Pekan member of parliament also filed a new application seeking the court's permission to present additional evidence to prove the existence of a supplementary order.
On July 3, the High Court ruled that affidavits pertaining to Najib's judicial review to determine the existence of an addendum order by the former king, which allegedly granted him house arrest, were hearsay.
Judge Datuk Amarjeet Singh said all affidavits in Najib's case contained bare statements without mentioning the source and his belief of the existence of the addendum order.
In April, Najib filed a judicial review to establish the existence of the addendum order dated Jan 29, issued by the former king, which he claimed the government had kept silent about.
He named the home minister, Prison Department commissioner general, attorney-general, Federal Territories Pardons Board, minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform), Legal Affairs Division director-general and the government as respondents.
Najib claimed his lawyers had requested an original copy or a copy of the order from Kajang Prison, but received no response.
He also claimed the subsequent inaction by the home minister and Prison Department commissioner general to execute the order was irrational, unreasonable, illegal and arbitrary and offended the Federal Constitution and laws.
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.