The Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s constitutional prerogative to grant a partial pardon to former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak cannot be questioned in court, a civil court judge ruled this morning.

Judge Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid made the ruling at the Kuala Lumpur High Court when denying leave for the Malaysian Bar to commence a judicial review against the Pardons Board’s advice to the king to reduce the former prime minister’s jail time and fine.