Kuala lumpur: The Federal Court has scheduled August 13 to announce its decision on the Attorney-General's Chambers' (AGC) appeal regarding the alleged existence of an additional document that purportedly allows Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the date was confirmed by the former Prime Minister's counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah. On July 9, a three-member bench of the Federal Court, consisting of Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Hasnah Mohammed Hashim and Federal Court judges Datuk Zabariah Mohd Yusof and Datuk Hanipah Farikullah, reserved their decision on the appeal.

Earlier, on April 28, the Federal Court granted permission to the Attorney-General to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision concerning the alleged additional document associated with Najib. In a 2-1 majority decision on January 6, the Court of Appeal had remitted Najib's application regarding the purported document back to the High Court for a determination on its merits.

This decision by the Court of Appeal reversed an earlier ruling by the High Court, which had dismissed Najib's application for leave to initiate a judicial review concerning the alleged document. Najib is currently serving a six-year custodial sentence for his conviction in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case, following the Federal Court's dismissal of both his appeal and subsequent review application.

In February 2023, the Pardons Board commuted Najib's original 12-year sentence to six years and reduced the RM210 million fine to RM50 million.