{
  "id": 8270224,
  "title": "PH mungkin tidak hilang sokongan berhubung tahanan rumah Najib, kata penganalisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ph-mungkin-tidak-hilang-sokongan-berhubung-tahanan-rumah-najib-kata-8270224",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T15:52:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/18/ph-tidak-mungkin-hilang-sokongan-berhubung-tahanan-rumah-najib-kata-penganalisis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Analysts say Pakatan Harapan will not lose support from the conditional pardon given to ex-PM Najib Razak. Azmi Hassan, a political analyst, believes the conditional pardon will not cause Pakatan Harapan to lose support in the upcoming election. He stated that supporters of the PH party will understand the role of Hannah Yeoh, a DAP minister and PH deputy president, as well as Anwar Ibrahim, who is both deputy president and PM. Anwar said he respects the constitutional authority of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to grant the pardon while upholding his stance against corruption. DAP has consistently demanded justice and accountability in connection with the 1MDB scandal, and Yeoh, one of the three senior secretaries general of the party, has delivered a consistent position that aligns with the party's principles during her responsibilities as a member of the Federal Compensation Institution. Azmi expects only minimal political impact on the PH, while the RM50 million condition also seems acceptable to supporters from both sides. For Umno supporters, they are somewhat happy as the house arrest means everything for them, despite the RM50 million fine that must be paid. PH supporters who don't want to see Najib serving house arrest or reduced punishment are somewhat happy with the RM50 million condition as well, he added. James Chin, a academic from the University of Tasmania, however, said the conditional pardon might have a large political cost for Anwar and DAP. He described the Najib case as very different from other corruption cases due to its scale, involving the largest theft by a political leader of a nation. The Najib case is a form of the most extreme form of corruption, when a political leader of a country steals from that country. Earlier today, DAP Secretary-General Loke Siew Fook said public anger over 1MDB contributed to the 2018 change of government, saying the scandal had tarnished Malaysia's image and eroded public and investor confidence in national institutions. Under the conditional pardon given to Najib, he will be detained until August 23, 2028 to serve the remaining six years of his six-year prison sentence in the SRC International case, subject to a RM50 million fine. The Attorney General's Department, which announced the pardon decision today, said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim, granted the conditional pardon following a Federal Compensation Institution meeting, attended by the Attorney-General, the deputy prime minister and three members appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Najib, 73, is currently serving his prison sentence in Kajang Prison since August 2022 after the High Court rejected his final appeal in the SRC International case, where he was charged with siphoning RM22 million through seven criminal conspiracy charges, abusing power and converting Haram money. The Compensation Institution reduced half of his original sentence by 12 years in February 2024, and reduced the original fine of RM210 million to RM50 million. He was also charged with abuse of power and converting Haram money involving more than RM2 billion related to 1MDB and will be sentenced to 15 years in prison and a fine of RM11.38 billion in December 2025.",
  "summary": "Azmi Hassan jangka penyokong PH faham bahawa Agong mempunyai budi bicara berhubung pengampunan.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "PH mungkin tidak hilang sokongan berhubung tahanan rumah Najib, kata penganalisis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ph-mungkin-tidak-hilang-sokongan-berhubung-tahanan-rumah-najib-kata",
        "published": "2026-09-18T15:52:00.000Z"
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  "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."
}