The sultan of Pahang in Malaysia has urged the public to view royal pardons with “calmness of emotion” and not as “a political gift”, in what analysts describe as a pointed reminder that clemency is a constitutional process, amid a furore over a decree supposedly extended to ex-prime minister Najib Razak.
According to Najib, the supplementary royal decree, or “addendum”, would allow him to serve his reduced prison sentence at home, after the Kuala Lumpur High Court dismissed his bid to enforce a…
Najib’s house arrest row: Malaysian sultan’s comment on royal pardons stirs debate
