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Najib Pays Fine, High Court Says Can Go Home, AGC Says Hold Up

Malaysia Times desk Original: The Rakyat Post↗ 11/6 22:46 X

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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was returned to Kajang Prison hours after his departure on Friday (6 Nov), as the Attorney-General's Chambers deferred his house arrest due to the payment potentially triggering a separate 15-year jail term.

From the original report

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak left Kajang Prison in a silver SUV at 2:37 PM today (6 Nov) following a High Court discharge order, only to be driven back into the same prison complex at 7:15 PM.

The legal saga over his home confinement began on 18 September 2026, when His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, granted a conditional royal pardon allowing him to serve the remainder of his SRC International sentence at home, on the condition that he settle a reduced RM50 million fine

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Source: The Rakyat Post
Originally published: Nov 6, 2026
Updated here: Nov 7, 2026
Produced by: Malaysia Times desk (brief) — reporting by the source
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