All shut up!

The government wants prohibitive and gag order on the Najib addendum issues.

Senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan - representing the Federal Territory Pardons Board, the government, and five other respondents - is applying for a gag and prohibitive order to refrain the public from discussing issues pertaining to a purported addendum allowing former PM Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest, as it involves sensitive matters.

The government indicated that it is also objecting to the watching brief held by former Dewan Rakyat Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun, Takiyuddin Hassan and Zulkifli Nordin, for three Perikatan Nasional (PN) Members of Parliament, namely: Opposition Leader Hamzah Zainuddin, PN Whip Ronald Kiandee, and Terengganu Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar.

Azhar and Takiyuddin will reply to the objection by Jan 27.

The new presiding judge is Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz. Hearing is fixed for March 11.