Revised court order shows AG wasn’t defying king, says MP

 RSN Rayer urges the attorney-general to charge those who lodged 'false' police reports.

The youth wings of Umno and PAS had lodged police reports against Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar, calling for an investigation into allegations that he had abused his powers. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA:

The High Court’s revised court order allowing Najib Razak to serve his remaining SRC International jail term under house arrest has vindicated Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar, says DAP MP RSN Rayer.

The Jelutong MP said the High Court’s move to set aside the Nov 6 order of discharge and replace it with a new order today proved that Dusuki did not defy the king’s conditional pardon for Najib.

“The revised court order issued today has rectified the errors in the previous order issued by the High Court registry.

“This proves that the AG adopted the correct legal procedure in seeking legal clarification about the error in the initial order after the RM50 million fine was paid. The AG did not betray the king’s decree.

“The AG must now charge all those who lodged false police reports accusing him of betraying the king, including (Umno supreme council member) Ahmad Maslan,” Rayer said in a statement.

Earlier today, Justice Aslam Zainuddin voided the Nov 6 order of discharge on payment of fine on grounds it contravened the conditional pardon granted by the king.

The Attorney-General’s Chambers had called for the order to be deferred pending clarification of conflicting terms in the court order.

Istana Negara then warned that challenging the conditional pardon order for Najib would amount to defying the king’s authority. Umno and PAS’s youth wings later lodged police reports against Dusuki, calling for an investigation into allegations that the AG had abused his powers.

Ahmad, the deputy works minister, also lodged a police report, which he said was to urge the AGC to withdraw its attempt at deferring Najib’s house arrest. - FMT