Najib Pays Fine, High Court Says Can Go Home, AGC Says Hold Up

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was returned to Kajang Prison hours after his departure on Friday (6 Nov), as the Attorney-General's Chambers deferred his house arrest due to the payment potentially triggering a separate 15-year jail term.

The Rakyat Post Fernando Fong · News & blogs · 49 min ago

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Former PM Najib left prison but was returned after AGC froze his home confinement, causing legal issues.

Najib was released from prison but driven back after AGC froze house arrest.
UMNO paid RM50 million fine to enable home confinement.
Transport Minister Loke plans to resign over the home confinement arrangement.

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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak left Kajang Prison in a silver SUV at 2:37 PM today (6 Nov) following a High Court discharge order, only to be driven back into the same prison complex at 7:15 PM.

The legal saga over his home confinement began on 18 September 2026, when His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, granted a conditional royal pardon allowing him to serve the remainder of his SRC International sentence at home, on the condition that he settle a reduced RM50 million fine

UMNO settled the RM50 million fine via public crowdfunding this morning to secure his transition to home confinement under that conditional royal pardon.

However, the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) issued an immediate freeze on the house arrest arrangement, throwing the execution of the order into a legal gridlock.

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Published: November 6, 2026 at 10:46 PM GMT+8
By: Fernando Fong
Section: Malaysia
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