The Aporia · Malaysian court clears final hurdle for former PM Najib Razak's transfer to house arrest

On November 10, 2026, a Malaysian High Court approved former Prime Minister Najib Razak's transfer to house arrest after he paid a 50 million ringgit ($12.3 million) fine. The decision followed months of legal challenges and a public rebuke from the palace regarding the attorney general’s attempts to block the transfer based on royal clemency granted in September. Najib, who has been imprisoned since August 2022 for his involvement in the 1MDB scandal, will serve the remainder of his six-year sentence at home until August 23, 2028.

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On November 10, 2026, the Kuala Lumpur High Court cleared former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak for transfer to house arrest. Najib, 73, has been in jail since August 2022 after being convicted of graft linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of state investment fund 1MDB. In September, he received a conditional royal pardon allowing him to serve his remaining sentence under house arrest once he paid a $12 million court-imposed fine. His political party paid this fine on Friday, November 10, but the attorney general intervened last week to delay his transfer. On Tuesday, the high court overruled these objections, clearing all legal hurdles for Najib's transfer home to serve his sentence under house arrest.

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“A High Court in Malaysia on Tuesday (November 10, 2026) cleared all legal hurdles for the transfer of imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak to his home to serve the remainder of his graft sentence under house arrest,” his lawyer said. asserted

lawyer → clear → arrest

Najib has been behind bars since August 2022, when the Kuala Lumpur High Court upheld his graft conviction linked to a multibillion-dollar looting of the state investment fund 1MDB. asserted

Court → uphold → fund

In September, Najib was granted royal clemency, allowing him to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest once he pays a court-imposed fine. asserted

he → grant → fine

Last Friday, he left prison after his political party paid the 50 million ringgit ($12.3 million) fine but he was brought back hours later after the attorney general blocked the transfer, seeking legal clarifications. asserted

general → leave → clarifications

The attorney general's request sparked a public rebuke from the palace, which said that King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar's prerogative of pardon for Najib that allowed the house arrest was clear and must be respected. asserted

that → spark → arrest

It said any attempts to challenge it would amount to defying the royal order. asserted

attempts → say → order

Najib's lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said on Tuesday all was settled for the former Prime Minister's transfer to house arrest at his Kuala Lumpur home, where he is to remain until Aug 23, 2028. asserted

he → say → Aug

Najib appeared in court on Tuesday (November 10, 2026); the transfer was expected to take place later in the day. asserted

transfer → appear → day

Police later sealed off the road leading to his home. asserted

Police → seal → home

“It's a final relief, you know, great sigh to him because he has been waiting for this,” the lawyer said. asserted

lawyer → know → this

The house arrest covers only Najib's reduced, six-year sentence in his first trial for graft and not a separate, 15-year sentence handed down last December for corruption and money laundering. asserted

arrest → cover → corruption

That sentence followed a second major trial tied to the 1MDB scandal. asserted

sentence → follow → scandal

Najib is also appealing that sentence, which he is to serve after the end of his first sentence. asserted

he → appeal → sentence

If his appeal fails, he could return to prison after his house arrest ends. uncertain

arrest → fail → prison

Najib, who served as Prime Minister from 2009 to 2018, has denied any wrongdoing. asserted

who → serve → wrongdoing

He is Malaysia's first former leader to be imprisoned under a sentence related to the 1MDB scandal. asserted

He → imprison → scandal

It marked one of the world's largest financial scandals, rippling across global markets and triggering investigations in the United States and other countries. asserted

It → mark → States

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