Malaysia court moved ex-PM Najib Razak to house arrest until 2028
What's new: The order replaced an earlier disputed release, after prosecutors sought a review and UMNO paid a RM50 million fine.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak returned to his Kuala Lumpur home on Nov. 10 after the High Court ordered him to serve the rest of his reduced SRC International sentence under house arrest until Aug. 23, 2028. Judge Aslam Zainuddin replaced an earlier discharge order with a new one tying the move to Najib’s conditional royal pardon. Najib had briefly left Kajang Prison on Nov. 6 after a RM50 million fine was paid, but was sent back hours later when the Attorney-General blocked the transfer pending legal clarification. Najib has been jailed since August 2022 after Malaysia’s top court upheld his conviction tied to the 1MDB scandal.