Shafee says Agong had wanted to give full pardon to Najib

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today claimed that the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong had initially wanted to give a full pardon to Najib.

(NST) – Shafee said the King had passed voting papers to the four non-executive members of the Pardons Board on Jan 21.

“The results came back and I do not know the outcome.

“The King decided the alternative,” he said in a press conference today.