The application for a pardon to Najib Razak’s 12-year jail sentence for 1MDB-related corruption convictions could soon be considered. If granted, it would impact the top political figures in Malaysia, including Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, says James Chin, Asian Studies professor at the University of Tasmania.
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PETALING JAYA: Convicted murderer Sirul Azhar Umar’s freedom is likely to be cut short after the Australian parliament passed new laws to re-detain the “worst of the worst” of a group of high-risk offenders released from immigration detention last month.
PETALING JAYA: The Australian parliament is said to be rushing through sweeping new laws designed to recapture the majority of the 148 immigration detainees released last month following a High Court ruling that indefinite detention is illegal.
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