Negri Sembilan revokes awards given to Najib, Rosmah

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 26 Oct 2018 12:45PM · 4 Comments

Former prime minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, have had awards bestowed by Negri Sembilan revoked. The decision was made at a special meeting on titles and awards at Istana Besar Seri Menanti today. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, October 26, 2018.

NEGRI Sembilan has revoked awards given to former prime minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor.

The revocations are effective immediately, said a statement by state registrar of titles Dr Razali Ab Malik.

He said the decision was made at a special meeting on titles and awards at Istana Besar Seri Menanti today.

This affects the Darjah Seri Utama Negeri Sembilan award, which carries the “Datuk” title, given to Najib in 2005, and the Darjah Seri Paduka Tuanku Ja’afar Yang Amat Terpuji award given to Rosmah in 2006.

Razali, who is also state secretary, said the decision was made to “protect the greatness and respectability of the state’s royal institution”.

Najib is facing 38 charges for criminal breach of trust, abuse of power and money laundering.

Thirty-two of the charges involve funds allegedly from 1Malaysia Development Bhd, of which RM2.6 billion has been claimed to be a donation from Saudi Arabia, and RM42 million from a former 1MDB subsidiary, SRC International Sdn Bhd.

The latest six charges are for criminal breach of trust, and were filed jointly against Najib and former Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah over RM6.63 billion involving government funds.

Rosmah, meanwhile, faces 17 charges, of which 12 are for allegedly depositing some RM7 million in illicit funds into her bank account and the remaining charges for failing to declare income to the Inland Revenue Board. – October 26, 2018.

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  • Strip her off her makeup too

    Posted 5 years ago by Watchdog Watchdog · Reply

  • Asshole cum bullshiter cum scum Lokman any comments on this?? Are you not going to say the royal house of Negeri Sembilan has fallen trap to PH government?? You can't even get a full bus load of paid supporters to the court house to show a decent and honest support, In view that you report direct to Jibby others in the supreme council are keeping quite and let you roam around freely but I suppose each dog has it days and yours is just around the corner. I am just waiting will the royal house of Pahang to act.

    Posted 5 years ago by Teruna Kelana · Reply

  • A very good move by the Negri Sembilan royal household. Will Kelantan royals who were in an awful hurry to remove Tun M's award, follow suit?

    Posted 5 years ago by Simple Sulaiman · Reply

  • What is the point in all this charade? If they in power - give titles, if they lose power - take away the title. They devalue their own titles.

    Posted 5 years ago by Rajesh Ravindranathan · Reply