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Conditions to Najib’s house arrest: Not SOP but subsidiary legislation and published in the Gazette — Hafiz Hassan

OCTOBER 19 -- I refer to the report that the Malaysian Prisons Department is now in the final phase of drafting regulati...

Conditions to Najib’s house arrest: Not SOP but subsidiary legislation and published in the Gazette — Hafiz Hassan

On October 19, the Malaysian Prisons Department is currently finalizing regulations and conditions for the implementation of house arrest for former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, following his conditional pardon. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed that the Prisons Department is pursuing this approach after receiving a letter from the Pardons Board secretariat.

Najib is set to serve the remainder of his prison sentence through house arrest, and the conditions are expected to be published as subsidiary legislation in the Gazette.

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