KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 -- Several Umno division chiefs have reportedly urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to stop delaying the implementation of a royal addendum that would allow Datuk Seri Najib Razak to serve the rest of his prison sentence under house arrest.

Malaysiakini reported that 160 out of 191 Umno division leaders present at a meeting yesterday endorsed a statement calling for the matter.

"We urge the prime minister to take full responsibility and ensure the addendum order is executed, as consented by the previous Agong.

"There is no reason to delay the matter any longer," Wangsa Maju Umno chief Datuk Seri Shafei Abdullah was quoted saying.

He alleged that former attorney-general Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Sall...