PUTRAJAYA: Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said he has no knowledge of any addendum regarding Datuk Seri Najib Razak's permission to serve his remaining jail sentence under house arrest.
"No, no (I haven't seen any addendum regarding Najib).
"I am not a member of the (Federal Territories) Pardons Board. I also don't know," he said during a press conference today.
Saifuddin said this when asked by reporters if he had seen an addendum regarding the former prime minister's bid to serve out his jail term via house arrest.
He also denied having knowledge of additional documents in the said addendum.
"I have no information regarding additional documents (regarding the addendum)," he said.
However, Saifuddin said he received a letter from Najib's counsel Tan Sri Shafie Abdullah but declined to elaborate on the contents of the letter.
"What was mentioned in court, that was the content of his letter that I received.
"I also followed the reports regarding the addendum and of course, I will respond when the time comes about matters within our knowledge.
"That's all I can comment on. I can confirm I have received the letter, and now I am following through the media," he added.
Yesterday, Najib claimed that the previous Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah had granted him permission to serve his remaining jail sentence under house arrest.
The former prime minister claimed it was part of the then King's addendum order but has been kept silent by the government since January this year.
Najib via his counsel from Messrs. Shafee & Co. filed a judicial review at the High Court recently to compel the government to produce the impugned addendum dated Jan 29.
He named the Home Minister, Prisons Department commissioner general, Attorney-General (AG), Federal Territories Pardons Board, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform), Legal Affairs Division director-general, and the government as respondents.