PUTRAJAYA: The process of declassifying minutes of the Federal Territories Pardons Board meeting concerning former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s conditional pardon is being arranged, subject to legal requirements.
Government spokesman Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil said the process was under way.
“The cabinet is advised by the attorney-general on this matter.
“However, the intention is indeed there, and it will go through the prescribed, mandatory process,” he told reporters at his weekly post-cabinet press conference.
Yesterday, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told Parliament that he would propose at today’s cabinet meeting that the minutes of the Federal Territories Pardons Board meeting concerning Najib’s conditional pardon be declassified.
The proposal followed a question from Muar member of parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman on whether the government would seek to declassify the minutes to address allegations of non-compliance or government interference in the implementation of Najib’s conditional pardon.
Saifuddin said the matter fell under the jurisdiction of the attorney-general.