Key takeaways
The Home Ministry confirmed it is ready to enforce a new High Court order placing former prime minister Najib Razak under house arrest until August 23, 2028. This decision resolves legal uncertainties that previously kept him in Kajang Prison despite a conditional pardon.
- The High Court revoked a previous order and issued a new one requiring Najib to serve his remaining term under house arrest.
- Najib will be confined to his private residence at No 11, Jalan Langgak Duta, in Kuala Lumpur.
- The Attorney General’s Chambers filed an application to rectify the earlier order, which had caused legal delays.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — The Home Ministry this evening said it is prepared to carry out a new court order today for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to be on house arrest until August 2028.
In his statement on his ministry’s readiness to execute the court’s new order, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the High Court’s latest order has helped answered legal uncertainties surrounding Najib’s house arrest.
He was referring to the High Court in Kuala Lumpur’s decision this afternoon to revoke an earlier November 6 “Order of Discharge on Payment of Fine” and to replace it with a new order that will require Najib to serve his remaining jail term under house arrest until August 23, 2028.
