Malaysia court clears Najib to start house arrest

Malaysia’s High Court has cleared the way ‌for jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to start ⁠his house arrest, ‌state news agency Bernama ‌reported on Tuesday. Najib was ⁠last ⁠week expected ‌to be transferred from ‌jail ‌but the process ‌was stopped ⁠after an intervention ⁠by the attorney general. On Tuesday, the attorney general filed ⁠an application to ⁠the court to ⁠review the order allowing Najib to serve the rest of his prison sentence under house arrest. “The [Attorney-General’s...

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