PARLIAMENT | Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has urged the Home Ministry to arrange an official parliamentary inspection of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's residence, which has been gazetted as a prison, to scrutinise the security arrangements and monitoring of his house arrest.

Lim, who is a member of the Dewan Rakyat special select committee on security, said the visit would allow committee members to assess whether regulations and procedures governing Najib's house arrest were being followed.

"I ask the minister to arrange an official inspection visit for committee members to Najib's residence, which is now gazetted as a prison, in accordance with established procedures and security controls.