Tahanan rumah bukan remisi atau parol, kata Shafee, yang turut mendedahkan bahawa laporan mengenai kelakuan dan aktiviti Datuk Seri Najib Razak sepanjang berada dalam tahanan adalah “exemplary”.
Bagi mereka yang telah mengikuti perjalanan Najib sejak beliau berada dalam politik dan perkhidmatan awam — daripada ahli politik, menteri dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri hingga Perdana Menteri — perkara itu juga boleh dilihat sebagai kesinambungan disiplin, perwatakan dan etika kerja yang sama ketika beliau berdepan keadaan yang jauh berbeza di dalam penjara.
The Malaysian money services business is combining more than 30 years of experience with a new physical-and-digital model as it opens its flagship headquarters in Central KL.
Johor has delivered more than a state election result — it has sent a powerful political message to Putrajaya. The scale of Barisan Nasional's victory suggests that voters were motivated less by political rhetoric and more by concerns over the rising cost of living, governance and leadership, making the election a significant barometer of national sentiment.
The public break between Anwar and Rafizi exposes that the so-called reformist project by PKR died in government, leaving BN the only party offering coherence.
Eight years, and then some. GE14 toppled one government. Since then, we’ve had four prime ministers, BN is back in Cabinet, and reforms are stuck in committee.
Delays in issuing written grounds of judgment are not uncommon in complex cases. But when such delays extend well beyond established timelines, do they begin to affect an accused person’s ability to exercise a meaningful right of appeal?
Adendum Diraja yang mengandungi pengampunan berbentuk tahanan rumah bagi Perdana Menteri ke-6 Malaysia bukan tentang membatalkan kesalahan atau menentang mahkamah, tetapi tentang ihsan. Penolakan Adendum Diraja menimbulkan persoalan serius mengenai peranan perlembagaan Yang di-Pertuan Agong, sikap berdiam diri Raja-Raja Melayu, dan kedudukan UMNO dalam kerajaan perpaduan yang kini kelihatan selesa meraikan penghinaan.
The Royal Pardon is not about erasing guilt or defying the courts, but about mercy. The rejection of the King’s Addendum raises troubling questions about the Agong’s constitutional role, the silence of the Rulers, and UMNO’s place in a unity government that now appears comfortable celebrating humiliation.