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Najib fund still RM40.75m short of RM50M fine

THE fund to help Datuk Seri Najib Razak meet the RM50 million fine tied to his conditional house detention is still RM40.75 million short of its target, with RM9.25 million collected as of 10am today, UMNO president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said...

The UMNO president, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, revealed on September 27, 2026, that RM40.75 million remains to be collected for Datuk Seri Najib Razak's RM50 million fine tied to his conditional house detention. As of 10am that day, RM9.25 million had been gathered. Further fundraising efforts were being undertaken, with UMNO president stressing the necessity of fulfilling the full amount before the house-detention arrangement could be fully implemented.

The fundraising, initiated by parties other than Najib, had raised RM1 million within a day of the Najib Razak Solidarity Fund's launch on September 18.

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