Anwar: Agong has sole discretion on pardons, no conflict of interest

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has denied that there would be any conflict of interest in his involvement in the pardon process for former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Anwar said this was because the final decision to grant a pardon or not was the sole discretion of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

“The process of requesting pardon is...