Free Malaysia Today reported that Malaysia’s High Court directed former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve his remaining SRC International sentence under house arrest through Aug. 23, 2028, settling the immediate dispute over his transfer.
The decision followed a review request by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). Attorney-General Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar told Bernama on Nov. 10 that the AGC had asked the court to replace a Nov. 6 discharge order with one consistent with the conditional pardon King Sultan Ibrahim granted Najib on Sept. 18.
The home-detention arrangement covers the remaining term in the SRC International case. It does not apply to Najib’s separate 15-year sentence linked to state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB.
The transfer was paused after UMNO paid the RM50 million fine attached to the pardon on Nov. 6. The AGC cited legal questions about how the pardon and court order should be interpreted. Sultan Ibrahim warned that a challenge to his order could be viewed as defying his decree.
The ruling follows EconoTimes’ earlier report on the pause in Najib’s transfer to house arrest for legal review.
