13/11/2026

FRIDAY | NOV 13, 2026

5 Objection to bid to challenge Pardons Board decision

Specialist team saves cop’s hand KUALA LUMPUR: A specialist team at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (KLH) has successfully reattached L/Cpl Thierry Rodger Fendy’s hand in an eight-hour microsurgical operation. Thierry had his right hand severed in a parang attack on Wednesday. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the procedure demonstrated the expertise of Malaysia’s public healthcare system in treating serious and complex injuries. He thanked the surgeons, doctors, nurses and other healthcare personnel involved, particularly the hospital’s upper limb and microsurgery subspecialty team. Led by Dr Allan Ravi Rajagopal and Dr Aziz Sabbir Husain, the operation required a high degree of precision using a surgical microscope. “I am grateful to the Almighty for the joyful news regarding the successful hand replantation surgery of L/Cpl Thierry Rodger Fendy at KLH,” he said in a statement. Dzulkefly also acknowledged the hospital’s neurosurgery team for treating Thierry’s head injuries. He described the dedication of the medical personnel in managing the complex emergency as a source of national pride and highlighted the importance of multidisciplinary care in public healthcare facilities. The minister also paid tribute to Thierry for his courage and sacrifice in upholding public safety. He said the Health Ministry was committed to ensuring Thierry continued to receive comprehensive and intensive medical care to help restore his hand function to the best possible level. “Let us all join in prayer for L/Cpl Thierry’s full recovery, and may his family be granted the strength to endure this difficult trial,” he said. Meanwhile, Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng wished Thierry a speedy recovery in a separate statement and announced a RM5,000 contribution as a gesture of appreciation and support. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail also expressed hope that Thierry’s recovery would go smoothly and that the medical team’s efforts would achieve the best possible outcome. “I deeply value the courage and sacrifice of L/Cpl Thierry. “He is one of thousands of security personnel who risk their own safety every day to ensure that the public can live in peace,” he said in a Facebook post.

o AGC requests time to respond to Malaysian Bar application to initiate judicial review

KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) is opposing the Malaysian Bar’s application for leave to seek a judicial review of the Federal Territories Pardons Board’s decision allowing Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case under house arrest. Senior Federal Counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly@Arwi told High Court Judge S. Indra Nehru yesterday that the AGC had received the Bar’s application by email two days earlier and needed time to study it before filing written submissions. “Certainly, the attorney-general is objecting to this leave application because the impugned decision

application for a Mareva injunction. On Nov 10 last year, the Kuala Lumpur High Court refused to grant 1MDB and the related companies leave to rely on Shabnam’s affidavit in their bid for a Mareva injunction, an order to freeze Rosmah’s assets. The suit was brought by 1MDB and 10 other companies, including five subsidiaries, namely 1MDB Energy Holdings Limited, 1MDB Energy Limited, 1MDB Energy (Langat) Limited, Global Diversified Investment Company Limited and SRC International Sdn Bhd. The remaining plaintiffs are Affinity Equity International Partners Limited, Alsen Chance Holdings Limited, Blackrock Commodities (Global) Limited, Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners Limited and Brightstone Jewellery Limited. the Pardons Board decision to allow Najib to serve the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence under house arrest. It named the Federal Territories Pardons Board, the minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform), the director-general of prisons and Najib as respondents. The Bar seeks a declaration that proceedings or a decision purportedly made under Articles 40 and 42 of the Federal Constitution were invalid in law and contrary to the Constitution. This includes the decision announced in a Sept 18 media statement by the second respondent allowing Najib to serve the remainder of his sentence under “house arrest” or “home detention”. The Bar also seeks to quash the Pardons Board proceedings and decision. Should leave be granted, it wants Najib’s house arrest stayed immediately pending the outcome of the judicial review, Bernama reported. In an affidavit affirmed by Malaysian Bar secretary Jayabalan Raman Kutty, the Bar said its application involved important principles concerning constitutional and fundamental rights. It argued that house arrest does not fall within the meaning of a pardon, suspension of sentence or remission of sentence under Article 42 of the Constitution. Jayabalan alleged that the Pardons Board had failed to properly consider relevant factors, including Najib’s convictions and prison sentences in other cases, the financial burden caused by his crimes and the impact on public confidence in anti-corruption efforts. On Nov 10, the High Court ordered Najib to serve the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence under house arrest at his residence in Langgak Duta, effective immediately.

that his client also wished to file written submissions as any decision following the granting of leave could affect the implementation of Najib’s house arrest. Counsel Zainur Zakaria, appearing for the Malaysian Bar, did not object to the requests for time from the AGC and Najib’s counsel. Indra Nehru fixed March 17 next year to hear the application and directed written submissions to be filed by Dec 14, with replies due by Dec 28. On Nov 10, the Malaysian Bar filed a fresh legal action challenging

relates to the decision of the King of Malaysia in presiding over a Pardons Board meeting, which is non-justiciable. “That is the stand that we will be taking. We will need more time to file our written submissions and to study the application so that we can put our objections in a proper manner. I humbly request time from the court for us to file our written submissions,” he said during the hearing. Meanwhile, lawyer Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee, representing Najib, told the court

Media personnel waiting for updates near Najib’s residence in Jalan Langgak Duta. – ADIB RAWI YAHYA/THESUN

1MDB wins appeal to admit affidavit in Rosmah case PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has allowed 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and related

Her 319-page affidavit, spread across nine volumes, contained invoices, correspondence with luxury goods vendors, photographs and communications involving fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, and Eric Tan. “These exhibits show the modus operandi of the massive global financial scheme facilitated by associates such as Jho Low and Eric Tan, who arranged payments through offshore entities using funds allegedly misappropriated from 1MDB. “Allowing the affidavit would not cause substantial prejudice to Rosmah as she would be given sufficient time to examine and respond to its contents,” Shim said, adding that the affidavit was relevant to the companies’ claims and their

submit the affidavit. He said the Rules of Court contained no provision requiring an applicant seeking an extension of time to establish exceptional circumstances. The Court of Appeal also found that the companies had filed their application on June 20 last year, before written submissions in the injunction proceedings were completed on July 18, and had satisfactorily explained the delay of about two and a half months in preparing the affidavit. According to Shim, Shabnam, who was initially named as the second defendant in the lawsuit, agreed to provide her account only after the companies discontinued their claim against her through a consent order on April 9 last year.

“After reviewing the appeal records, the High Court’s grounds of judgment, the memorandum of appeal and submissions from both parties, we unanimously find that the High Court judge had applied the wrong principle in dismissing the application for leave. “Therefore, the appeal is allowed, and the High Court’s decision is set aside,” he said. The companies are seeking to freeze Rosmah’s assets over claims that she acquired more than 12,000 luxury items, including jewellery, watches and handbags, using about US$346 million allegedly misappropriated from 1MDB. Shim said the High Court had erred in finding that exceptional circumstances were required before the companies could be allowed to

companies to admit an affidavit by a Singaporean woman in support of their bid to freeze Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s assets in a lawsuit involving luxury goods worth more than US$346 million (RM1.41 billion). The three-member bench of Datuk Dr Alwi Abdul Wahab, Datuk Ismail Berahim and Datuk Leonard David Shim unanimously allowed the appeal yesterday, setting aside a High Court decision, with costs of RM30,000, Bernama reported. In delivering the decision, Shim said the High Court had applied the wrong legal principle when it rejected the application by the companies to admit the affidavit by Shabnam Naraindas Daswani.