Prominent journalist questions Zahid Hamidi's daughter for meddling in Najib's house arrest rules

The text discusses a discrepancy between statements made by Wanita UMNO Exco member Datuk Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail regarding the house arrest conditions for Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak. While Nurulhidayah claimed that Najib's family would not be allowed to live with him at his Langgak Duta residence, Saifuddin clarified in the Dewan Rakyat that Najib's wife, children, in-laws, and grandchildren are indeed permitted to stay with him.

Three days ago, or more precisely on Wednesday, November 11, a friend sent the speaker a New Straits Times news video featuring UMNO Wanita Exco Datuk Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid Hamidi addressing a Threads user's question regarding house arrest for Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak and family residency rights at the Langgak Duta residence declared as a prison.

What confuses me is since when did Nurulhidayah become the spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs, specifically the Prisons Department, or the spokesperson for the Attorney General's Chambers? Perhaps I overlooked it or was unaware of her appointment.

Anyway, Nurulhidayah explained that Najib's family members and other individuals are said to not be allowed to stay together with the former prime minister for the duration of Najib serving the remainder of his prison sentence. Berita Harian quoted her as saying that online food ordering is also not allowed because Najib is not permitted to leave the building.

"The house itself is gazetted as a prison. It truly has a prison concept. Wife and children are not in there. Wife and children do not live together. DSR [Datin Seri Rosmah] stays at Pavilion," she said.

It is widely known that "DSR" refers to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Najib's wife. Meanwhile, "Pavilion" obviously refers to Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, which encompasses a shopping mall, offices, and residences in Bukit Bintang.

However, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail's explanation to the Dewan Rakyat yesterday shows that Nurulhidayah missed the mark.

To be fair, it must be stated that Nurulhidayah got it right regarding ordering food online, and regarding individuals outside of the family. Even then, Saifuddin said the Federal Territories Pardons Board stipulated that non-family members must obtain written permission. Most notably, Nurulhidayah got it wrong regarding Rosmah and immediate family members. Let me repeat what Saifuddin stated: the wife, children, children-in-law, and grandchildren are allowed to live with the former UMNO president.

Therefore, the logical question is: where did Nurulhidayah get the information saying that Rosmah will live at Pavilion?

I am confident that Threads users asked Nurulhidayah because she is the daughter of the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Naturally, those asking would believe what Nurulhidayah shares, given that her father is the Deputy Prime Minister. Could she have gotten the information from her father? However, surely her father would not willingly and knowingly give her false information? Or did the informant—whoever that person might be—not tell her the truth?

Or is what Nurulhidayah stated a figment of her imagination, or expressed based on her own logic?

Nurulhidayah ended her explanation to the person who asked by saying: “Thank you for asking because you wanted to know. I am tired of reading slander from people who act like they know everything.”

But what is the slander? Where is the slander? Perhaps ‘the people who act like they know everything’ truly do know.


Adapted and translated from an article by FMT columnist Mohsin Abdullah, originally published in Malay language on the portal today, Friday 13 November 2026.

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