Najib's daughter: Why could Anwar campaign from prison but not my father?

Najib's daughter: Why could Anwar campaign from prison but not my father?


Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's daughter Nooryana Najwa has questioned why Anwar Ibrahim was allowed to campaign from jail for his wife during the Permatang Pauh by-election in 2015, but her imprisoned father has been prohibited from issuing any statement on GE15.

"Why could Anwar do so but not Najib?" she asked in a posting on Instagram yesterday.

She also uploaded screenshots of news excerpts on the matter, where one reported that Anwar’s message was conveyed, through his lawyer then, Latheefa Koya, for the people to vote for PKR and its candidate Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

In 2015, Anwar was sentenced to five years in jail for sodomy.

The second news excerpt showed Prisons Department senior director (Prison Policy) Supri Hashim saying yesterday that Najib was prohibited from campaigning for the forthcoming general election.

Supri said inmates are not allowed to issue any statement for the purpose of campaigning in GE15.

Even letters or documents from inmates to their families would be screened by the department first before they were sent out, he added.

"The Prisons Department has nothing to do with politics and we discharge our responsibilities regardless of the ruling government," Supri was quoted as saying by Bernama.

Najib is serving a 12-year jail term and an RM210 million fine after the Federal Court upheld his conviction in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case.