{
  "id": 15401869,
  "title": "Jabatan Penjara pada fasa akhir gubal peraturan tahanan rumah, kata menteri",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/jabatan-penjara-pada-fasa-akhir-gubal-peraturan-tahanan-rumah-kata-15401869",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T10:43:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/18/jabatan-penjara-pada-fasa-akhir-gubal-peraturan-tahanan-rumah-kata-menteri"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Menteri KDN Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has stated that former Prime Minister Najib Razak remains in Kajang Prison due to the pending requirement of a RM50 million fine as the condition for completing his remaining jail term under house arrest. The Malaysia Prison Department is currently in the final phase of refining regulations and criteria for implementing house arrest, following a conditional pardon that allowed Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence through this method. The Minister of Home Affairs, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, clarified that this development is the result of a letter from the Special Committee of Perpetrators of Corruption, which has empowered the prison department to set specific conditions for house arrest. \"The prison department is currently in the final stages of refining these regulations,\" he added. \"Our nation has never had house arrest before, but now it does.\" The Ministry's task, he explained, is to create a set of regulations, currently under development. Despite this, Saifuddin emphasized that Najib Razak is still incarcerated at Kajang Prison because the RM50 million fine has not been determined. Last month, the Sultan of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim, granted Najib Razak a conditional pardon to serve the remaining part of his sentence through house arrest until August 23, 2028, contingent on the payment of the RM50 million fine. Recently, Najib's chief attorney, Shafee Abdullah, stated that his granddaughter would serve the remainder of Najib's prison term for the SRC International case alongside her family at their home in Kuala Lumpur under the house arrest order granted by Sultan Ibrahim.",
  "summary": "Saifuddin Nasution Ismail berkata, Urus Setia Lembaga Pengampunan telah utus surat bolehkan Jabatan Penjara tetap syarat, kata Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Ahli Parlimen bidas Jabatan Penjara larang Najib dedah syarat tahanan rumah",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ahli-parlimen-bidas-jabatan-penjara-larang-najib-dedah-syarat-tahanan",
        "published": "2026-10-16T01:18:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}