{
  "id": 9772084,
  "title": "Malaysian Bar seeks to challenge Najib’s conditional pardon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/malaysian-bar-seeks-to-challenge-najibs-conditional-pardon",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T13:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/25/malaysian-bar-seeks-to-challenge-najib-s-conditional-pardon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Malaysian Bar has announced it will contest the conditional pardon granted to former Prime Minister Najib Razak. President Anand Raj expressed concern over Umno's fundraising efforts for the RM50 million fine Najib must pay. The Bar questioned why Najib claims most of his assets are frozen when over RM114 million in seized cash and assets have been returned to him and the party. Malaysia lacks a formal legal framework for house arrest, and new rules and procedures would be required for such a sentence, according to Raj. Najib was given a conditional pardon in September, allowing him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison term in house arrest until August 2028, alongside paying the fine.",
  "summary": "The Bar will continue its appeal against the 2024 decision to halve the former prime minister’s jail term and reduce his fine.",
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    "outlets": 7,
    "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Malaysian Bar seeks to challenge Najib’s conditional pardon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/malaysian-bar-seeks-to-challenge-najibs-conditional-pardon-9774753",
        "published": "2026-09-25T13:27:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
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