Malaysia's disgraced former PM leaves jail for house arrest after embezzling millions
Summary
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has returned home to serve the remainder of a prison term under house arrest. The transfer follows a court ruling that a royal pardon allows him to complete the sentence at home; he denies wrongdoing and is appealing a separate, longer sentence tied to the 1MDB scandal.Key Facts
- Najib was prime minister from 2009 to 2018.
- He was convicted in a case involving 42 million ringgit transferred from SRC International, a former 1MDB unit, to his personal accounts.
- He began serving a 12-year sentence in 2022; an appeal later cut the term in half.
- Malaysia’s king granted Najib a conditional pardon allowing him to serve the remaining two years at home.
- A high court ruled on Tuesday that house arrest could take effect immediately.
- Najib’s party paid a $12 million fine under the pardon’s terms.
- In a separate case, Najib received a 15-year sentence in December 2025 for misappropriating nearly 2.3 billion ringgit from 1MDB; he is appealing.
- Investigators estimated that $4.5 billion was taken from 1MDB, with more than $1 billion allegedly going to accounts linked to Najib.
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