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Royal pardon not befitting Bossku, 12 years is already a bargain

Charles Hector

TO a great degree, ex-premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak should be counting his blessings that he only has to serve a dozen years behind bars for his maiden graft-related conviction (he still has four more 1MDB-linked cases pending) given he was originally sentenced to a jail term of 72 years.

But like it or not, Lady Luck was with him as the Kuala Lumpur High Court which meted out his sentence in the RM42 mil fund embezzlement case pertaining to SRC International Bhd ruled that his sentence was to run concurrently.

Having said that, the end result is that he could walk out a free man five decades earlier.

Hence, news about Najib who stands out with the moniker Bossku among his supporters filing a petition seeking a royal pardon for his conviction leaves a bad taste in Charles Hector’s mouth.

The lawyer-cum-human rights advocate/activist is concerned over the prospect of the Pekan MP walking out of the Kajang Prison “in months if the King grants him a pardon”.

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