Najib's house arrest bid: NGOs call for open court proceedings

Bersih has urged all court proceedings involving former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's bid to be held under house arrest to be made public rather than in the chamber.

The electoral reform group said this in response to the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision yesterday to allow Najib's application to switch proceedings of his judicial review bid to be held in the chamber instead of regular court proceedings.

"Since the case involves...