KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 21 -- Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has yet to give instructions on whether he wants to seek for parole as a prisoner, which would be another method that would enable him to serve his ongoing six-year jail time outside of prison.

Najib's lead defence lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah confirmed that the matter of applying for a parole had been discussed with his client, but instructions has not been given yet.

"He has discussed but he has not given instructions," he told reporters during a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur court complex here.

"I need to get full instructions from him, so I can't be disclosing on my own what he wants," he said earlier.

Shafee was asked if Najib would be applyin...