KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 (Bernama) — Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has withdrawn his appeal against the High Court’s decision dismissing an application for a judicial review regarding an addendum order that allegedly allowed him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.

Following the withdrawal of the notice of appeal, Najib, 72, remains in prison at Kajang Prison after being convicted of embezzling RM42 million from SRC International Sdn Bhd. The former Pekan MP has been serving his sentence at Kajang Prison since August 23, 2022.

The High Court originally sentenced him to 12 years in prison and a fine of RM210 million, and the decision was later upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court.

However, Najib’s petition for royal pardon on Sept 2, 2022 saw the Pardon Board shorten his prison sentence to six years and reduce his fine to RM50 million.

Through a notice from the law firm of Messrs. Shafee & Co dated April 2, obtained by the media today, it stated that the law firm had discontinued and withdrawn the appeal without liberty to re-file and without any order regarding costs, and no reasons were given.

— BERNAMA