KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak (pix) has filed a legal action to challenge the Prisons Department’s decision for disallowing his request to attend the Dewan Rakyat sitting.
Najib, 69, filed the application for leave for judicial review through Messrs Shafee & Co at the High Court here today.
The former premier named the government, the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner General of Prison as the respondents.
He is seeking an order to quash the decision of the 3rd respondent (Commissioner General of Prison) to not allow him access to his officers/aides for the purposes of parliamentary, legislative and constituent work.
Najib also seeking an order to set aside the 3rd respondent’s decision to not allow him to attend Parliament on the scheduled dates of sitting.
He is also seeking a declaration that he is entitled to have reasonable access to his officers/aides for the purposes of parliamentary, legislative and constituent work, as well as a mandamus order to the respondents to take all steps necessary to allow him reasonable access to his officers/aides for that purposes.
More to come...