Pardon row: Puad claims Harapan leaders fear Najib's influence

Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi today hit back at Najib Abdul Razak’s detractors who warned the government against granting the jailed former prime minister a royal pardon.

In a statement, he regarded Pakatan Harapan leaders, including Lim Kit Siang and Hassan Abdul Karim, as being afraid of the possibility that Najib would get out of jail and rejuvenate Umno...