Lawyer Hafiz Hassan said former prime minister Najib Razak's earlier court order was problematic because, in criminal practice, orders were normally implemented through court warrants. PETALING JAYA: The High Court’s decision to replace its Nov 6 discharge order for Najib Razak shows Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar was right to seek scrutiny of the document, says lawyer Hafiz Hassan.

“The AG was right to call for the order of discharge to be scrutinised, as it contains many ‘obvious’ mistakes as pointed out by other lawyers,” he told FMT.

Hafiz said the earlier order was problematic because, in criminal practice, orders were normally implemented through court warrants.

He said the fresh order clarified that paying the RM50 million fine did not release Najib from his prison sentence, but allowed him to serve the remainder of his SRC International term under house arrest.