Malaysia: Former PM Najib Razak To Serve Sentence Under House Arrest After Fine

Former Malaysian Prime Minister <b>Najib Razak</b> will serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest after paying a <b>$12.3 million</b> fine linked to a royal pardon. Najib, 73, has been imprisoned since August 2022 after Malaysia’s top court upheld his corruption conviction involving the multi-billion-dollar looting of the state investment fund 1MDB. According to legal and political analysts, this transition marks a significant development in Malaysian politics, as his political party UMNO reportedly covered the substantial fine to facilitate the conditional relief under royal provisions.