Najib’s children lament Malaysian court ruling – ‘we thought he was coming home’
The ex-prime minister has lost his case to have his imprisonment commuted to house arrest based on a supposed royal decree
In a five-minute video posted online shortly after the decision on Monday, Najib’s eldest son, Mohd Nizar Najib, said the family had gone to court prepared for both outcomes, but had quietly believed the long fight – based on a potential reprieve through a disputed royal addendum – would finally bring relief to the family.
“When I met my father, I saw that he was cheerful in the morning, and he had packed some of his belongings,” he said, as the family prepared for the possibility that he would be “allowed home that very day”.
Those expectations collapsed when the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that a purported addendum to a royal clemency order allowing Najib to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest was invalid because it had not been deliberated by the Pardons Board.
