{
  "id": 15527566,
  "title": "Conditions to Najib’s house arrest: Not SOP but subsidiary legislation and published in the Gazette — Hafiz Hassan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/conditions-to-najibs-house-arrest-not-sop-but-subsidiary-legislation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T01:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/what-you-think/2026/10/19/conditions-to-najibs-house-arrest-not-sop-but-subsidiary-legislation-and-published-in-the-gazette-hafiz-hassan/239651"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "OCTOBER 19 -- I refer to the report that the Malaysian Prisons Department is now in the final phase of drafting regulati...",
  "key_points": [
    "Malaysian Prisons Department finalizing house arrest conditions for Najib Razak.",
    "Conditions to be published as subsidiary legislation in the Gazette.",
    "Najib to serve remaining prison sentence through house arrest."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Formalizing house arrest through subsidiary legislation ensures that the specific conditions for the former Prime Minister are legally codified rather than treated as mere administrative procedures.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}