MALAYSIAN COURT TOSSES JAILED EX-PRIME MINISTER NAJIB’S BID TO SERVE GRAFT SENTENCE IN HOUSE ARREST
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04.07.2024


AP News (3 July 2024)

 

A Malaysian court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest.

In an April application, Najib said he had clear information that then-King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah issued an addendum order allowing him to finish his sentence under house arrest. Najib claimed the addendum was issued during a Jan. 29 pardons board meeting chaired by Sultan Abdullah, which also cut his 12-year jail sentence by half and sharply reduced a fine.

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