Time for a serious talk on full pardon for Najib, says DAP man
DAP’s Ong Kian Ming says it is time to have a serious conversation about the possibility of a full pardon for former prime minister Najib Razak, who is currently serving time in jail for corruption.
The former Bangi MP recalled how, in 2023, he had said that a full pardon for Najib would constitute a “red line” for DAP.
“More than two years on, especially after the discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) granted to deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, I am less sure of that ‘red line’,” he added.
In a statement, he said his stance on a full pardon for the country’s sixth prime minister was influenced by the “grand amnesty” proposal first mooted by former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin in 2023.
Such amnesty would include not only a full pardon for Najib,…
