Takiyuddin, the PAS secretary-general, said he would represent opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin, PAS vice-president Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar, and Bersatu vice-president Ronald Kiandee.
He told the court today that the issue was debated in the Dewan Rakyat last month, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim sidestepping some queries citing sub judice, the New Straits Times reported.
“From what we understand, the government’s suggestion was that we come (to court) to understand this issue, therefore we are asking to hold a watching brief in this proceeding,” he was quoted as saying before a three-member panel chaired by Justice Azizah Nawawi.
The other judges on the bench were Justices Azhahari Kamal Ramli and Firuz Jaffril.
The Court of Appeal will today hear Najib’s application for leave to adduce fresh evidence in his appeal to serve the remainder of his jail term under house arrest.
The former prime minister is seeking to rely on the new evidence to secure leave to commence judicial review proceedings to compel the government to execute a purported royal decree issued by former Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah.
In July last year, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that Najib had failed to show an arguable case warranting a full hearing of his proposed judicial review application.
Justice Amarjeet Singh said the statements contained in affidavits filed by Najib, Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, and the party’s vice-president Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, were hearsay and inadmissible as evidence.
On Feb 2 last year, the Federal Territories Pardons Board (FTPB) announced that Najib’s prison sentence in his SRC International case had been halved from 12 years to six, and his fine reduced from RM210 million to RM50 million.
Najib is currently serving his jail sentence at Kajang prison.
In his leave application filed in the High Court on April 1, Najib claimed that the former king, during an FTPB meeting on Jan 29, also issued a supplementary decree allowing him to serve the remainder of his reduced jail term under house arrest.
The former prime minister said the FTPB had omitted to announce the terms of the supplementary decree, and that the government was in contempt for not complying with it.