KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told Parliament today that he would try to put forward proposals to declassify the Federal Territories Pardons Board meeting minutes involving Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak at tomorrow's Cabinet meeting.
Saifuddin earlier took on questions about the conditions around Najib's house arrest, which began on Tuesday after the former prime minister secured a fresh High Court order allowing his transfer from Kajang Prison to his residence on Jalan Langgak Duta here.
Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (MUDA-Muar) had asked if the government plans to make the minutes public amid some backlash and accusations that it supported Najib's conditional pardon, suggesting that "it's not entirely fair the administration is shouldering all the moral burden".
"Muar asked whether it is possible to bring this idea to the Cabinet, for us to declassify not the report in the minutes (but) the minutes of the Pardons Board meeting itself so that it provides fairness or a more accurate perspective on the process through which the Pardons Board operates," Saifuddin said.
"I think that falls within the jurisdiction and responsibility of the Attorney General, but I have no objections," he added.
"Tomorrow is the Cabinet meeting; I will—the senior ministers will be there, my colleagues will be there, I will bring it up.
I will take the bold step of presenting this as a recommendation from Parliament, from Muar."
Najib would serve his house arrest until August 2028, accounting for some two years of his reduced six-year jail sentence for his convictions in the SRC International case.
The former prime minister was also convicted on multiple counts of corruption and money laundering in the 1MDB case.
Najib's lawyers had indicated they would appeal.
