KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is probably the most high-profile prisoner known to be seeking a royal pardon in his criminal case...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is probably the most high-profile prisoner known to be seeking a royal pardon in his criminal case currently, as he hopes for an early release from a 12-year jail term.1. Who can file a pardon petition and how often can this be done?that seeking a pardon is considered after a person has exhausted all their legal remedies in court.
Apart from these rules on the frequency for the filing of pardon applications, Salim said there are “no limits” on the number of times it can be filed.2015 news report cited the Perak Sultan Under Regulation 54, the report to be forwarded to the Rulers should include statements on the prisoners’ work, conduct, mental and physical condition and effect of imprisonment on his health, with the Rulers able to decide whether to cut short part of the jail term or grant an early release.
Asked about Najib’s plans to submit these court judgments, Salim confirmed a prisoner can still furnish more documents at a later stage after they have filed a petition for pardon. But Salim said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and state Rulers “hold ultimate discretion to decide on who, when and how pardons are to be exercised”, and added that the law does not make it mandatory for a Ruler to act on the Pardons Board’s advice.
Former Malaysian Bar president Salim Bashir Bhaskaran told Malay Mail that seeking a pardon is considered after a person has exhausted all their legal remedies in court. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa“There are also occasions where Rulers have granted pardons on auspicious occasions. Rulers have wide latitudes to manoeuvre and can take into account or call for anything relevant to His Majesty’s whims,” Salim said.
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