Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today said he was notified that “special permission” was granted to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi regarding his visit to meet former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak in Kajang Prison.

Speaking to reporters in Parliament, Saifuddin said he was notified of Zahid’s visit by Prisons Department Commissioner-General Nordin Muhamad, the only person other than himself authorised to issue it under Regulation 86 of the Prisons Regulation 2000...