{"id":71945,"date":"2026-09-20T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/20\/malaysian-ex-pm-najib-working-on-conditions-to-start-house-arrest\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:14:00","slug":"malaysian-ex-pm-najib-working-on-conditions-to-start-house-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/20\/malaysian-ex-pm-najib-working-on-conditions-to-start-house-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian ex-PM Najib working on conditions to start house arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia&#8217;s jailed former prime minister, Najib Razak, is working to fulfil the conditions to leave jail and begin his house arrest, including paying a 50-million-ringgit ($12-million) fine, his lawyers said on Sunday.       * Najib&#8217;s ability to satisfy the condition &#8220;do not lie in his own hands&#8221; as a significant part of his assets, bank accounts and properties remain subject to freeze orders and enforcement proceedings by the government, the lawyers said in a statement.       * Najib, prime minister from 2009 to 2018, was found guilty of corruption in relation to the embezzlement of billions of dollars tied to 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a state investment fund he co-founded while in power. He has consistently denied wrongdoing.       * Malaysia&#8217;s king agreed on Friday to let Najib Razak leave jail and serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest. 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