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Najib's request for two residences as house arrest rejected
The government has rejected former Prime Minister Najib Razak's request to use two properties for house arrest, with only his Langgak Duta residence approved. The decision is binding under the Federal Territories Remission Board's ruling, according to the Home Minister.
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The government has turned down a request by former Prime Minister Najib Razak to use two residences as locations for house arrest, Home Minister Saifuddin Hamzah said on Wednesday.
Under the Federal Territories Remission Board's decision, only Najib's Langgak Duta residence in Kuala Lumpur has been approved for use during his house arrest, Saifuddin explained. The government remains bound by this ruling, he added.
The Remission Board's determination on the approved residence is final and cannot be altered, the minister said, without providing further details on which additional properties Najib had requested to use.
Najib was granted a royal pardon in October 2023 by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, resulting in his sentence being reduced from 12 years to six years. Following the remission, he has been serving his house arrest sentence at the Langgak Duta address.
The former prime minister's 12-year prison sentence stemmed from his conviction in relation to the controversial 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.