Ruckus in Dewan after Takiyuddin brings up Najib’s ‘addendum’

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Ruckus in Dewan after

Takiyuddin brings up

Najib’s ‘addendum’

Anne Muhammad

-24 Oct 2024, 03:29 PM

Takiyuddin Hassan had questioned if it was true that the previous Agong had issued the decree, as stated in an affidavit by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

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Jelutong MP RSN Rayer accused Kota Bharu MP Takiyuddin Hassan of breaching parliamentary rules by mentioning the previous Agong and the ‘addendum’.

KUALA LUMPUR: 

A war of words broke out between a backbencher and an opposition MP today after the latter brought up an “addendum” involving a senior politician, an obvious reference to former prime minister Najib Razak.

Takiyuddin Hassan (PN-Kota Bharu) had questioned if it was true that the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong had issued the royal decree, as stated in an affidavit by deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi previously.

The purported “addendum” to the royal order is claimed to have allowed Najib to serve the remainder of his jail term under house arrest.

“It is impossible that the prime minister (Anwar Ibrahim) and other ministers in this chamber do not know whether this addendum exists,” he said in debating the Supply Bill 2025 in the Dewan Rakyat.

RSN Rayer (PH-Jelutong) then raised a point of order, citing Standing Order 36(8), which states that MPs shall not refer to the conduct or character of the Agong except upon a substantive motion moved for that purpose.

Rayer asserted that Takiyuddin should not be questioning the previous Agong’s actions, before Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Alice Lau ordered both MPs to put the matter to rest.

Opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin (PN-Larut) however defended Takiyuddin and said they were merely questioning if what Zahid said was true.

Earlier this year, the Federal Territories Pardons Board (FTPB) halved Najib’s prison sentence in his SRC International case from 12 years to six, and reduced his fine from RM210 million to RM50 million.

He is currently serving his sentence in Kajang prison.

In a leave application filed in April, Najib claimed that the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah had issued the supplementary decree during a meeting of the FTPB, held on Jan 29, a day before his term ended.

Najib alleged the supplementary decree was not announced by the board on Feb 2 and that the government was in contempt for not executing it.

He wanted the court to compel the government to execute the supplementary decree, if it exists, to place him under house arrest.

The Court of Appeal has fixed Dec 5 to hear Najib’s appeal from the dismissal of his application for leave for a judicial review over the purported royal decree.