AGC: Najib's house arrest should be suspended pending legal review

THE implementation of house arrest for Datuk Seri Najib Razak should be temporarily suspended until further review and clarification regarding the interpretation of the conditional pardon order—as well as the implications of an 'order of discharge' are resolved, the Attorney General's Chambers stated.

It added that, during this period, the former prime minister's detention status must be maintained at his current place of confinement, subject to the authority and directives of the relevant authorities.

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