Malaysia ex-PM Najib moved to house arrest

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Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been moved from prison to house arrest, days after the transfer was put on hold. He is convicted of corruption in the 1MDB state…

Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been moved from prison to house arrest, days after the transfer was put on hold. He is convicted of corruption in the 1MDB state fund scandal.

Najib appeared in court in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday for a hearing. He was moved to his residence in the capital after the court issued an order for the home detention to begin.

Najib was jailed in 2022 after being found guilty of graft in connection with the multi-billion-dollar financial scandal. Najib co-founded the state fund when he was in power.

In September, he was given permission to serve the remainder of his prison term under house arrest, conditioned on him paying a fine of about 12 million dollars.

His political party announced the payment had been made on Friday, and the court issued an initial house arrest order.

But the country's attorney general unexpectedly suspended the transfer, seeking legal clarifications.

Najib is set to remain on house arrest until 2028 when the current term ends. But he could return to jail as he was also sentenced to 15 years in prison in a separate 1MDB case. He is appealing the verdict.

Najib has consistently denied any wrongdoing, but did apologize for his handling of the affair.

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