Putrajaya has come under fire for special treatment given to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Deputy Home Minister Shamsul Anuar Nasarah when they visited Najib Abdul Razak at the Kajang Prison.

When contacted by Malaysiakini, Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) executive director Zaid Malek said such allowance for Najib and other VIP detainees was “almost unheard of”.

He said the preferential treatment conferred on Najib was...