Malaysian court clears final hurdle for former PM Najib Razak's transfer to house arrest

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Malaysian court clears final hurdle for former PM Najib Razak's transfer to house arrest

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A Malaysian court cleared the final legal hurdle for former prime minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest. Najib has been imprisoned since 2022 following a graft conviction connected to the 1MDB state investment fund scandal.

Najib has been behind bars since August 2022, when the Kuala Lumpur High Court upheld his graft conviction linked to a multibillion-dollar looting of the state investment fund 1MDB.

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