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    "prose": "Najib Razak, the former prime minister of Malaysia, was transferred from prison to house arrest.[^1] The Kuala Lumpur High Court cleared the transfer on 10 November.[^2] Justice Aslam Zainuddin issued the order.[^3]\n\nHe will serve the rest of his SRC International sentence under house arrest until 23 August 2028.[^4]\n\n## The order that was undone\n\nThe same court annulled a discharge order it had made on 6 November.[^5] The Attorney General's Chambers had gone back to the High Court to seek clarification of the terms of the house arrest.[^6]\n\nThe palace publicly rebuked the attorney general for interfering with the transfer order.[^7] Malaysia's king holds the constitutional authority to grant pardons.[^8] Sultan Ibrahim granted Najib a conditional house arrest pardon in September.[^9]\n\n## How the sentence shrank\n\nNajib was convicted over RM42 million of SRC International funds, and went to prison in August 2022.[^10] A royal pardon in January 2024 halved his jail term and cut his fine to RM50 million.[^11] His political party paid the 50 million ringgit fine.[^12]\n\n## What still hangs over him\n\nNajib faces an additional 15-year prison sentence in another 1MDB case.[^13] The Attorney General's Chambers asked that he return to Kajang Prison on 24 August 2028, the day after the house arrest ends, to serve it.[^14]\n\nNajib's lead counsel accepted the High Court's ruling.[^15]",
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