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The Attorney General's Chambers is seeking to challenge an Appeal Court decision that ruled in favor of imprisoned former leader Najib Razak last month.

Najib Razak claims that an unpublished royal order permits him to serve the remainder of his corruption-related sentence at home.

The former leader is leaving no leaf unturned in his bid to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest.

The Malaysian leader's response to recent developments in the 1MDB corruption scandal was tone-deaf and dismissive.

Former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been ordered to enter his defense against four charges of abuse of power and 21 charges of money laundering.

The timing of the proposed law has given rise to speculation that it might be used to free former Prime Minister Najib Razak from prison.

The former leader said that he had already been punished politically and should not also be “legally victimized.”

The former leader's legal team claim that the former king issued an order allowing him to finish his sentence “under condition of home arrest.”

Najib Razak claims that the authorities have concealed the existence of a royal order permitting him to serve his remaining sentence at home.

From prison, disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak is plotting an unlikely political comeback. Don't rule it out.

The pardon, which halves the former leader's prison sentence from 12 to six years, could see him free ahead of the country's next general election.

Former PM Najib Razak is currently serving a 12-year sentence for his involvement in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB corruption scandal.

The confirmation, which follows the return of another 1MDB suspect from Macau, is unlikely to result in the fugitive financier's extradition.

The Federal Court rejected Prime Minister Najib Razak's request, with a judge describing him as "the author of his own misfortunes."

The High Court ruling would appear to undermine the claim of the former leader's supporters that the cases against him are politically motivated.

Governments in Asia are perceived to be as corrupt as ever.

Lawyers for Najib Razak have filed a petition with the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, claiming "rushed justice."

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Najib Razak's campaign for a royal pardon will provide a compelling political B-plot in the run-up to the country's next general election.

After decades of subordination to politicians, the conviction of Najib Razak on corruption charges was a powerful assertion of independence by the country's judiciary.

Najib Razak's best hope of an early release is to mobilize his base and generate public pressure for the king to intervene.

The jailing of Najib Razak is a major step toward accountability for the massive financial scandal, but many of its architects and enablers remain at large.

The former leader was found guilty in 2020 on three charges related to the pilfering of the 1MDB state development fund.

Lawyers for the former leader are seeking to have the case thrown out on the grounds that a trial judge had a conflict of interest.