Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at Kuala Lumpur High Court September 30, 2021. – Picture by Hari Anggara
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak was given permission by the Court of Appeal today for his passport to be temporarily returned to him so that he may travel to Singapore for the birth of his grandchild.
The three-judge bench, led by Datuk Seri Kamaludin Md Said, allowed Najib’s application, to which the prosecution did not object.
Other judges on the bench were Datuk P. Ravinthran and Datuk Abu Bakar Jais.
“Seeing as the reason given is also reasonable, the application to have the passport temporarily returned is allowed,” said Kamaludin.
Najib’s passport will be returned to him by October 20 and he is expected to travel to Singapore on November 3, which, according to his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, is the day after the Pekan MP debates the Budget 2022 tabling in Parliament.
As per his application, the Court also allowed Najib to return his passport on November 22, two days after his expected return from Singapore.
This means Najib will be able to accompany his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, who last week was also granted temporary custody of her passport, to Singapore where their daughter Nooryana Najwa is due to give birth to her second child.
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