PUTRAJAYA: Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today confirmed that Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been given a release to undergo medical treatment at Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL).
He said the former prime minister had obtained permission to do so from the Prisons Department.
"This is a normal request, where I was informed by the Prisons Department director-general that he (Najib) was taken to the hospital to undergo treatment," he told a press conference after attending the Home Ministry's monthly assembly here today.
Saifuddin said all detainees have the right to receive treatment and that the matter would be managed by the Prisons Department.
It was reported yesterday that Najib was being treated for lung infection at HKL a few days ago.
In August last year, Najib began a 12-year prison sentence after losing his final appeal against his conviction on multiple counts of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering related to the SRC International funds. -- BERNAMA