DAP sec-gen’s Cabinet quit offer

DAP's central executive committee meeting prompted Anthony Loke's offer to resign as Transport Minister following former prime minister Najib Razak's conditional pardon.

“DAP sec-gen’s Cabinet quit offer over Najib house arrest is his own call, says Umno veep Khaled Nordin”

Najib's conditional pardon

Najib was granted a conditional pardon allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until August 23, 2028, subject to payment of a RM50 million fine.

Khaled Nordin's statement

Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said Loke's resignation offer is entirely his own matter from Umno's perspective.

“From Umno’s perspective, that is his matter. Whether he wants to resign or not, that is his matter”

Political stability

Other DAP ministers and deputy ministers will remain in the unity government to ensure political stability after Loke's resignation offer.

Constitutional decision

Khaled emphasized that Najib's pardon falls under the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's constitutional rights, a decision respected by Umno.

Najib's sentence

Najib has been serving a six-year prison sentence at Kajang Prison since August 2022 after the Federal Court upheld his conviction and 12-year jail term for misappropriating RM42 million from SRC International.