Bersih chairperson Faisal Abdul Aziz has questioned the fairness of granting clemency to former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak while Malaysians continue to shoulder billions of ringgit in 1MDB-related debt and his separate corruption case remains unresolved.

In a document titled "Risalah al-Muluk" (Epistle to the Malay rulers), dated Nov 13, Faisal appealed to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar and the Malay rulers to reflect on the decision, which he said did not fully uphold the principles of justice and fairness.

Faisal's epistle comes three days after Najib was transferred from Kajang Prison to his Kuala Lumpur residence on Nov 10 to serve the remainder of his SRC International sentence under house arrest.