JERTIH, Oct 18 — The Malaysian Prisons Department is now in the final phase of drafting regulations and conditions for the implementation of home detention following the conditional pardon decision that allows former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence through this method.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said that the matter is being pursued following a letter from the Pardons Board secretariat, which allows the Malaysian Prisons Department to set conditions for the implementation of house arrest.

“The Malaysian Prisons Department is in the final phase, currently drafting it. Our country has never had (house arrest) before, but suddenly there is... In the letter from the Pardons Board secretariat to the Malaysian Prisons Department, it is stated that the Malaysian Prisons Department can impose any conditions.