TENGKU Zafrul Aziz has said that he would be filing his own affidavit to “correct certain factual errors” pertaining to Najib Razak’s house arrest order.

The investment, trade and industry minister was referring to reports about Ahmad Zahid Hamdi’s affidavit to support Najib’s application to be served house arrest instead of continuing his jail term.

Earlier today, it was revealed that Zahid had affirmed an affidavit in support of Najib, claiming that he was shown a purported “supplementary order” from the former king regarding Najib’s house arrest.

Zahid claimed to have viewed a copy of the purported order on Tengku Zafrul’s mobile phone during a meeting on Jan 30.

“I verily believe that for the sufficient period of time I sighted and read the addendum order, and I clearly saw the entire contents and that it forms part of the pardon process of the applicant, which is supplementary to the main (royal) order both dated Jan 29.

“Thus, I hereby confirm the existence of the addendum order dated Jan 29, issued by the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong,” he had said in his affidavit.

However hours after the publication of Zahid’s affidavit, Tengku Zafrul said he will apply to file his own affidavit concerning the purported supplementary order.

He said he needed to“correct certain factual errors” in Zahid’s affidavit.

“I will be taking steps to obtain appropriate legal advice and seek to write to the High Court to ask for permission or leave to file an affidavit to correct certain factual errors contained in the affidavit in question.

“I take no position in so far as the merits of the ongoing dispute is concerned but I merely wish to ensure that the factual record is properly reflected and recorded so that all parties and in particular the High Court is properly apprised of all material facts.

“This will ultimately allow for a just and fair decision to be made in the interest of all parties concerned,” he said in a statement.

On April 1, Najib filed a judicial review leave application to be allowed to serve his jail term under house arrest.

In his application, Najib claims that an addendum in a recent royal pardon allowed him to serve the remainder of his six-year jail term under house arrest.

He is seeking a court order to compel the home minister, the attorney-general, the Pardons Board, the federal government, and a few other respondents to confirm this alleged addendum in the royal pardon.

Najib claimed that the addendum was issued by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on January 29.

On February 2, the Pardons Board halved Najib’s initial 12-year jail sentence over the RM42 million SRC International corruption case, which will see the former leader walk free on August 23, 2028.

The board said that it made the decision after a meeting on January 29. It did not give a reason for approving Najib’s request for a pardon.

It also reduced Najib’s RM210 million fine to just RM50 million.

The High Court set June 5 for a decision on whether to grant leave to Najib to proceed with the judicial review. – April 17, 2024.