During his tenure as the
Attorney General of Malaysia, Ahmad Terrirudin was also one of the members for the
Federal Territories Pardons Board. On 29 January 2024, the Pardons Board (which was chaired by the then-16th
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah of Pahang) in a controversial move, decided to halved the prison sentence of Malaysia's former prime minister
Najib Razak, who was convicted of criminal breach of trust, power abuse, and money laundering in the
SRC International scandal. Najib Razak's prison sentence was reduced from 12 years to 6 years imprisonment, while his fine was reduced from RM210 million to RM50 million. On 3 February 2024,
Federal Territories Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa, who also sits on the Pardons Board had claimed that the decision to halve Najib's prison sentence is a "collective decision" of the board. On 5 February 2024, Ahmad Terrirudin was also urged to reveal his advice in the Pardons Board meeting to the public, On 1 April 2024,
Najib and his lawyer
Shafee Abdullah filed an application for
judicial review in the High Court, which they alleged the "royal addendum" was issued by the previous Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 29 January 2024 and allowed Najib to undergo house arrest instead of being imprisoned in the
Kajang Prison for his remaining sentence. The said "royal addendum" was purportedly addressed to the then
Attorney General of Malaysia, which is Ahmad Terrirudin. On 3 July 2024, the Kuala Lumpur High Court rejected the application to initiate the judicial review as the judge found the supporting
affidavits submitted by Najib were "purely hearsay". However, on 6 January 2025, the
Court of Appeal granted permission for Najib to commence judicial review after his lawyer
Shafee Abdullah revealed a letter from the Pahang palace confirming the existence of the "royal addendum". The Court of Appeal then reverted the case back to High Court. After the Court of Appeal's decision, Ahmad Terrirudin was confronted by multiple journalists to seek for his comment over
Najib Razak's house arrest "royal addendum" during the Opening of the Legal Year 2025 held at
Putrajaya International Convention Centre on 8 January 2025. Terrirudin did not answer the journalists' questions and briefly responded "No, no, no..." before he walked past the journalists and exited the building. On 23 May, the
Attorney General's Chamber responded by saying that Najib's move is a breach of existing court order, which has paused all proceedings related to the royal addendum case, pending its appeal to the
Federal Court on 1 and 2 July 2025. On 16 Jun 2025, Shafee under the instruction of Najib filed a police report against Ahmad Terrirudin, accusing him of "deliberately misleading" the High Court by saying the existence of the "royal addendum" is hearsay and speculative, which Shafee claimed is in contravention of Section 204 (
destruction of document evidence) and Section 209 (
making false claim before a Court) of the
Penal Code. == Honours ==