KUALA LUMPUR: Visitors will need permission to see Datuk Seri Najib Razak while he serves the rest of his SRC International sentence under house arrest, his lawyer said.

Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said he expected visitors to initially have to apply for permission, although he had yet to review the full house arrest conditions.

"You will nevertheless need to get permission to see him," he said when asked how visits would be arranged.

He said it was also unclear whether family members would be allowed to stay with the former prime minister at his Taman Duta home.