Najib’s lawyer unsure of conditions attached to house arrest

 Shafee Abdullah, however, believes that visitors will have to apply for permission to see the former prime minister.

Lawyer Shafee Abdullah told a press conference today that the terms of former prime minister Najib Razak’s house arrest had yet to be shared with him.

KUALA LUMPUR:

Najib Razak’s lawyer, Shafee Abdullah, says he is unsure of the conditions attached to the former prime minister’s house arrest, including whether family members will be allowed to live with him.

Shafee said the terms of the house arrest had yet to be shared with him.

“We are not entirely sure. We do not know,” he told reporters outside the High Court here.

Shafee, however, believed that visitors would need to apply for permission to visit the former Umno president.

Earlier today, the High Court set aside its previous order discharging Najib upon payment of a RM50 million fine and issued a new order allowing him to serve the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence under house arrest.

Najib was jailed in August 2022 after the Federal Court upheld his conviction for abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering involving RM42 million in SRC International funds. He was sentenced to 12 years behind bars and fined RM210 million.

In January 2024, then Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah halved Najib’s prison sentence and reduced his fine to RM50 million as part of a royal pardon.

In September this year, the current Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim, granted Najib a further conditional pardon, allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until Aug 23, 2028, upon paying the RM50 million fine and complying with other stipulated conditions. - FMT