Kuala Lumpur, September 4, 2025 — Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has suffered a setback in his legal bid to cite ex-Attorney General Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh for contempt of court. The High Court, presided by Justice Alice Loke Yee Ching, dismissed Najib’s application for leave to proceed, ruling that he had failed to establish a prima facie case against the former AG. Najib has been ordered to pay RM20,000 in legal costs to the respondent.
Najib’s application, filed on May 21, accused Ahmad Terrirudin of misleading the court and suppressing a purported royal addendum order. This document, Najib contends, could have allowed him to serve his prison sentence under house arrest rather than in jail. His lawyer, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, asserted the former AG was “intimately aware” of the addendum and failed in his duty of candour when his legal officers denied the order’s existence. Meanwhile, federal counsel sharply countered that Najib’s claims were both speculative and a misuse of court process.
Immediately following the ruling, Shafee signalled Najib’s intention to appeal the decision to the Court of Appeal, maintaining that the case rests on solid grounds.
