JAKARTA - Malaysia's appeal-level court granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak's request to obtain documents that he said would allow him to serve the rest of his prison sentence at home.
Najib, who was jailed for a billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, filed an appeal against a first-degree court ruling in July 2024 over a royal order document that he said would grant him the right to house arrest.
As reported by Reuters on Monday, January 6, Najib still maintains an "additional order" issued by the former Malaysian king who accompanied the council's decision to pardon in February last year to halve his prison sentence for corruption in the 1MDB scandal to six years from 12 years. It is not clear whether the document really exists.
As reported by VOA Indonesia, Najib previously asked the court to force the government to confirm the existence of a royal decree and carry out the order.
However, the court ruled in July that a written statement in favor of Najib's claim was unacceptable as evidence, as it was seen as just a rumor.
The document in question has not been published and there has been no comment from the former king, whose term of office in most of the ceremonial roles ended in January.
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