COMMENT | There is no prisoner in Malaysia less deserving of a fast-tracked commutation of a sentence or steep cut in fines than former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, who stands unrepentant of vile crimes committed against our country.

So bad is the decision of the Pardons Board that no rational person can come to any other conclusion: it is a political deal executed in the desperately erroneous belief peddled by Umno Baru that Najib’s political return will shore up the coalition government’s fall in Malay support.