PUTRAJAYA: Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail clarified today that the Prisons Department has not received any directive from the Pardons Board regarding placing Datuk Seri Najib Razak under house arrest.
He said that the only decision conveyed to the department by the board was to reduce Najib’s imprisonment period.
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“The letter contained two items. First, it included the minutes of the meeting, which served as a record of all discussions and decisions made during the Pardons Board meeting. These minutes were classified as confidential and were provided to the department.
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“However, the directive is critical because it represents the decisions made by the Pardons Board and was signed by its chairman,” he said in a special press conference held at his Ministry’s building here.
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