{
  "id": 9753240,
  "title": "Malaysian Bar seeks disclosure of taxpayer cost of Najib house arrest, plans fresh court challenge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/malaysian-bar-seeks-disclosure-of-taxpayer-cost-of-najib-house-arrest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/25/malaysian-bar-seeks-disclosure-of-taxpayer-cost-of-najib-house-arrest-plans-fresh-court-challenge/236520"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Malaysian Bar president Anand Raj has urged the government to disclose the additional costs to taxpayers associated with former Prime Minister Najib Razak's house arrest, as the Bar prepares a fresh legal challenge over the second pardon. Anand and the Malaysian Bar are demanding that the Federal Territories Pardons Board and the Prime Minister’s Department declassify and publish the official minutes of the Pardons Board meetings related to Najib's pardons, as well as fully disclose the conditions proposed for Najib's house arrest. The Malaysian Bar will also challenge the Pardons Board's decision on Najib's second pardon in court.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Najib may walk out of Kajang Prison next month if High Court stays 15-year 1MDB sentence and RM50m fine is paid, says lawyer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/najib-may-walk-out-of-kajang-prison-next-month-if-high-court-stays-15",
        "published": "2026-09-25T06:38:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Malaysian ex-PM Najib asks court for stay of 15-year jail sentence; case to be heard Oct 14",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/malaysian-ex-pm-najib-asks-court-for-stay-of-15-year-jail-sentence",
        "published": "2026-09-25T07:08:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Malaysia’s Najib ‘has no money’ to pay fine for house arrest, lawyer says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/malaysias-najib-has-no-money-to-pay-fine-for-house-arrest-lawyer-says",
        "published": "2026-09-25T07:59:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malaysiakini",
        "title": "M'sian Bar again challenges Najib pardon, this time over house arrest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/msian-bar-again-challenges-najib-pardon-this-time-over-house-arrest",
        "published": "2026-09-25T11:44:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Malaysian Bar to challenge Najib's house arrest pardon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/malaysian-bar-to-challenge-najibs-house-arrest-pardon",
        "published": "2026-09-25T11:56:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}