Najib's pardon if granted will spell disaster for Msia

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“Najib does not deserve a royal pardon!”

I’M totally against giving former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak a pardon. He has not expressed remorse since his conviction over the SRC International Sdn Bhd case.

He has not served enough time in jail yet to deserve a hearing for pardon. So far, only 17 months of his prescribed 12 years have passed.

I’m also totally against commuting his sentence to a lighter one. What is the reason for giving him that privilege? Commuting his sentence would be showing utter disregard and disrespect for our judicial process.

It would also denigrate the judgement of the more than a dozen learned judges who had pronounced him guilty and found him deserving of 12 years’ jail.

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Pardons board decision frustrates Najib’s social media critics, supporters alike

PETALING JAYA: Supporters and critics have taken to social media to express their collective frustration with the Federal Territories Pardons Board’s decision to halve former prime minister Najib Razak’s prison sentence from 12 years to six.

The decision does not seem to have pleased many fans on social media with the critics believing Najib should have been made to serve his sentence to completion.

Meanwhile, supporters appeared disappointed that their champion was not pardoned in full and released.

X user @RainieAbdullah was disappointed with the announcement: “Feeling really upset about Najib getting a 50% cut in punishment and fine. I always believe in a fair justice system, but it’s sad to see such leniency for high-profile figures.

“Ordinary citizens often face the full consequences of their actions. This seems really unfair,” she wrote.

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People will blame govt unless Najib is willing to show remorse, says analyst

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Double standards a recipe for public dissatisfaction, says Rafidah

PETALING JAYA: A society devoid of equitable policies, which applies different standards to the people in all aspects of governance, will only lead to public dissatisfaction and disharmony, says former federal minister Rafidah Aziz.

Rafidah said public governance must be unbiased and built on fairness and equitability, whether it involves social and economic policies or application of the law.

“Unless it is untainted and practices objective administration of justice for the good of society and the nation at large, there will be that dissatisfaction. This in turn will not create the calm and harmonious environment that would enable the necessary socio-economic development.

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Has mercy robbed justice from the nation? – Malaysian Bar

THE Malaysian Bar expresses its deep disappointment over the reduction of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak's (“Najib”) prison sentence and fine following his conviction by the courts in the SRC International case, as announced by the Pardons Board through the Prime Minister’s Department on February 2, 2024.

The SRC International case, which saw Najib being hauled to face justice before the Judiciary to answer for his egregious crimes against the nation, took four long years across all levels of the Superior Courts in Malaysia, beginning with its inception on July 4, 2018, when he was first charged in the Sessions Court, until August 23, 2022, when the Federal Court upheld Najib’s conviction and sentence, as originally pronounced by the High Court.  Much judicial time, taxpayers’ expenses and costs were expended to ensure justice was meted out by the Judiciary in imposing punishments that fit the crimes committed by Najib.

The Federal Court’s decision, which should have brought an end to all possible avenues of appeal for Najib, represented more than just a victory for Malaysians. It was a message to the world that Malaysia was not afraid to bring to heel all those who break the law, regardless of their station or status in life.  It was a message that Malaysia was committed to good governance and upholding the rule of law — that those who dared to make the citizens suffer for monies laundered to the detriment of the nation must pay for their crimes and be continually deterred from committing such crimes.  It was a message that perpetrators of such crimes against the nation should not be spared so easily for the huge debts incurred that would eventually be passed on and undertaken by the citizens of Malaysia. It was a message that brought credibility to the administration of justice in the country and to the Malaysian Judiciary.

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'Decision on Najib's sentence signals that corruption is easily forgiven'