Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is allowed to pursue a petition for house arrest while serving his sentence for crimes linked to the 1MDB wealth fund scandal.
A Malaysian court allowed former Prime Minister Najib Razak to pursue a petition to serve the rest of his jail sentence in his home for crimes related to troubled wealth fund 1MDB . Najib may resume his bid for house arrest at the High Court, the Court of Appeal ruled on Monday, overturning an earlier decision to reject his petition. The decision by the three-person bench wasn’t unanimous.
Court of Appeal Judge Mohd Firuz Jaffril said the issue of hearsay “no longer stands” after Najib submitted additional evidence to the courts. Najib’s lawyer Shafee Abdullah earlier told the court that he filed an affidavit that includes an order by Malaysia’s former king allowing Najib to serve the rest of his prison term at home. Najib is pushing for house release after having his 12-year sentence halved last January, a move that drew criticism of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his vows to campaign against corruption. Anwar said that decision had nothing to do with him. Anwar depends on the support the United Malays National Organization, or UMNO, which is a key coalition partner and wants to see its former leader Najib walk free. Najib and his legal team had claimed that the former king issued an additional order allowing for house arrest when the royal halved the sentence. They said Sultan Abdullah Ahmad of Pahang state gave the order in January last year before handing over duties to Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor state under Malaysia’s unique rotational monarchy. Najib sought a court order in April to compel the government to verify and execute the alleged directive by the former king allowing him to be put under house arrest. The High Court dismissed his application in July, saying it was based on hearsay, prompting him to file the appeal. The latest developments on Monday could lead to further criticism of Anwar, who rose to power two years ago on an anti-corruption platfor
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