Malaysia court denies ex-PM Najib Razak's request to suspend 15-year jail term
Najib Razak remains in prison after the court said no special circumstances justified delaying the 15-year term tied to the 1MDB case.
- On Wednesday, the Kuala Lumpur High Court denied former Prime Minister Najib Razak's request to suspend a 15-year jail term linked to the 1MDB corruption scandal.
- Najib has been imprisoned since 2022 after his conviction for money laundering connected to 1MDB, the state fund he co-founded in 2009 while serving as premier.
- Last month, King Sultan Ibrahim granted Najib a conditional pardon for a separate conviction, allowing him to serve the remainder of that sentence at home upon paying 50 million ringgit .
- Judge Noor Ruwena dismissed the application, stating there were "no special circumstances warranting a stay of the sentence" for the former premier.
- This 15-year sentence is scheduled to begin after Najib's house arrest term concludes in August 2028, extending his total custody period beyond the current pardon arrangement.
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Malaysia’s Najib loses bid to suspend 15-year 1MDB sentence on medical grounds
A Malaysian court on Wednesday rejected Najib Razak’s bid to suspend his 15-year jail sentence in the 1MDB scandal pending the jailed former prime minister’s appeals, ruling that his health and other grounds did not justify a stay. The decision means his sentence is set to begin after his current prison term ends in August 2028. Najib, 73, received a conditional royal pardon last month allowing him to serve that separate sentence in the SRC Inte…
Malaysia court denies ex-PM Najib Razak’s request to suspend 15-year jail term
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Reuters) - A Malaysian court on Wednesday denied former premier Najib Razak's request to suspend a 15-year jail term in connection with the 1MDB scandal, despite expectations he could soon be transferred to house arrest followin...
1MDB trial: Judge rejects Najib’s bid to stay prison sentence, says his medical issues not special circumstances
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The High Court today dismissed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s application to stay the execution of his 15-year prison sentence and...
Ex-PM Najib fails in bid to stay 15-year sentence
A Malaysian court denied former prime minister Najib Razak's request to suspend a 15-year jail term in connection with the 1MDB scandal on Wednesday despite expectations he could soon be transferred to house arrest following a pardon in a separate case. The 73-year-old has been in prison since 2022 after Malaysia's top court upheld his conviction for graft and money laundering linked to the alleged theft of billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Dev…
Court 'no' to Najib's bid for stay of execution in RM2.3bil 1MDB case
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has dismissed Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application for a stay of execution on his 15-year prison sentence and RM11.38bil fine in his RM2.28bil 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MBD) corruption case.
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