{
  "id": 8613347,
  "title": "Prisons dept yet to receive info on Najib’s house arrest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/prisons-dept-yet-to-receive-info-on-najibs-house-arrest-8613347",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T04:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/20/prisons-dept-yet-to-receive-info-on-najib-s-conditional-pardon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has been incarcerated at Kajang prison since August 2022, is awaiting official notification from the Federal Territories Pardons Board (FTPB) before serving any remaining time under house arrest. The prisons department has yet to receive the formal written notification from the FTPB, preventing them from implementing Najib's conditional pardon. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail stated that the ministry and prisons department cannot prepare for house arrest arrangements until they receive the FTPB's decision and details. Malaysia lacks a specific law regarding house arrest, but the government is developing a new bill to permit house arrests, especially for remand detainees. In February 2024, the FTPB reduced Najib's original 12-year sentence and fine, halving the punishment to six years and RM50 million.",
  "summary": "The department says it is waiting for official written notification on the decision to allow Najib Razak to serve the rest of his prison sentence at home, provided he pays his RM50 million fine.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "AG says Prisons Dept to issue SOPs for Najib’s house arrest, RM50m fine must be paid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/ag-says-prisons-dept-to-issue-sops-for-najibs-house-arrest-rm50m-fine",
        "published": "2026-09-20T02:46:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Najib’s ability to pay RM50mi fine ‘not entirely in his hands’, say lawyers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/najibs-ability-to-pay-rm50mi-fine-not-entirely-in-his-hands-say",
        "published": "2026-09-20T03:42:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Najib's RM50mil house arrest condition partly beyond his control, say lawyers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/najibs-rm50mil-house-arrest-condition-partly-beyond-his-control-say",
        "published": "2026-09-20T03:46:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Pending US$12.3 million house arrest fine keeps Malaysia’s Najib in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/pending-us-12-3-million-house-arrest-fine-keeps-malaysias-najib-in",
        "published": "2026-09-20T04:47:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}