KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 -- Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has now been revealed to be the "critical" witness who filed a testimony in support of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's legal bid to compel the federal government and the Pardons Board to produce a purported "supplementary order" from the previous Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

In his application for leave to seek judicial review filed on April 1, Najib claimed the former King issued the order during the January 29 meeting of the board, for the former to serve the remainder of his reduced sentence under house arrest.

In court documents sighted by Malay Mail today, Ahmad Zahid's affidavit claimed that the existence of the "supplementary order" or Addendum Order had been affirm...