Summary

  • Former attorney-general Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh refuses to comment on the royal addendum for ex-premier Najib Abdul Razak and sidesteps the media.

  • His successor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar also declines to comment.

Former attorney-general Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh remained tightlipped when approached by the media over whether a house arrest royal addendum for ex-premier Najib Abdul Razak existed.

The current Federal Court judge walked away from media personnel when asking for confirmation if the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) last year had ever received the document.

“No, no, no,” Terrirudin said when asked by Malaysiakini and other journalists.

He was attending the Opening of Legal Year 2025 at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) earlier today.

Meanwhile when met by the media at the same venue, Terrirudin’s successor, Attorney-General Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar, also declined to respond.

“I will not comment,” Dusuki said.

Attorney-General Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar

The issue revolves around the existence of a supplementary royal decree issued on Jan 29 last year that permitted incarcerated Najib to serve the remainder of his jail sentence as house arrest.

Terrirudin was the AG when the Pardons Board sat and gave Najib a discount on his jail time and fine. Dusuki succeeded him in November last year.

The addendum was attached to the main royal decree for the discounting of the ex-premier's 12-year jail sentence and RM210 million fine to six years in jail and RM50 million fine.

Najib has been serving time at Kajang Prison since Aug 23, 2022, in relation to his conviction in an abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering case involving RM42 million from SRC International, a former subsidiary of troubled sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.

Najib is relying on the existence of the royal addendum to back his civil court bid to compel the Home Ministry and Prisons Department to execute the house arrest.

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