Malaysia 1MDB scandal: ex-PM Najib Razak files bid to serve remaining jail term under house arrest
- Malaysia’s former king had halved Najib’s 12-year jail term and reduced his fine to 50 million ringgit (US$10.5 million) from 210 million ringgit
- Najib claims the king had issued an addendum to his original decree that would allow Najib to serve his reduced sentence ‘under condition of home arrest’
The decision was made by then-king Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah on January 29, a day before his last day in office.
In his application filed on Monday, Najib claimed that Sultan Abdullah had issued an addendum to his original decree that would allow the former premier to serve his reduced sentence “under condition of home arrest” instead of Kajang prison, where he is currently being held.
Najib’s application argued that despite the decree being made public, the same was not done for the addendum, which was “immediately or simultaneously issued” on the same day as the decree.
“It must be impressed that the Addendum Order was already in existence since the 29.01.2024,” the application read.
Najib named six respondents in his application, including the home minister, prisons commissioner general, attorney general, the pardons board, minister in charge of law and the director general of legal affairs division.