KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 15 -- Questions surrounding the deferment of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's royal pardon petition should be directed to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

The minister for law and institutional reform said that she does not sit as the executive representative on the Federal Territories Pardons Board, noting that the Legal Affairs Division (BHEUU) under her purview functions strictly as the board's administrative secretariat, NST reported.

"BHEUU is under me, but for the Pardons Board in each state, BHEUU is the secretariat, while the minister and menteri besar of the respective state are the executive representatives on t...