Najib Abdul Razak has the option of filing a petition for a pardon with regard to the Federal Court upholding his conviction and prison sentence.<br /><br />However, lawyer New Sin Yew said the former prime minister must file the petition within 14 days or lose his status as Pekan MP.<br /><br />“Pardons is not a judicial process, which has ended with the Federal Court. It is an executive process where the executive may choose to remit, suspend, or commute the sentence.
