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Najib Razak gets to go home, but with some T&Cs attached to it.
The former prime minister will serve out the remainder of his sentence at his luxurious pad in Bukit Tunku, after being granted a conditional pardon yesterday.
The Federal Territories Pardons Board, at its 64th meeting, obtained the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar for Najib to serve the remainder of his SRC International sentence under house arrest.
He stays home until August 23, 2028, provided he pays a RM50 million fine and complies with the conditions.
Should he breach them, the pardon is nullified and the ex-PM returns to prison.
There are a few things I’ll address here: where the RM50 million sits in the billions Najib is contesting, the political playbook from here, and whether we even have a provision for house arrest.