PUTRAJAYA: Former attorney-general Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh made a dramatic exit when the media approached him for comments about Datuk Seri Najib Razak's house arrest issue.
Terrirudin, who is now a Federal Court judge, was confronted by a group of pressmen at the opening of legal year 2025 held at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre here today.
As reporters pressed him about the royal addendum purportedly issued by the former Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Terrirudin quickened his pace, his face set to avoid the cameras.
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Ignoring the barrage of queries, he briskly walked past the throng of journalists, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions over the controversial document.
"No, no, no…" he said briefly before heading towards the building's exit.
Meanwhile, Terrirudin's successor Datuk Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar, when approached at the same event, also remained tight-lipped on the issue.
"I will not comment," he said to the pressmen waiting for him in the building lobby.
Najib's defence claimed that the addendum was issued together with his sentence reduction last year by the Pardons Board, which allowed the former prime minister to serve the remainder of his jail term under house arrest.
The Court of Appeal recently allowed Najib's legal bid to challenge the existence of the document, which he claimed was "concealed" by the government.
The addendum was addressed to the Attorney-General's Chambers where Terrirudin was the then A-G.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, during a press conference merely hours after the Appellate Court's ruling, said neither the ministry nor the Prisons Department, which the former oversaw, had received any addendum order.
He said the ministry and its Prisons Department only executed the directive given to them in a letter following the Pardons Board meeting.