KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak lost a bid Monday to have his jail term changed to house arrest, a setback ahead of a separate verdict this week tied to the country's 1MDB scandal. But on Monday, Judge Alice Loke Yee Ching Loke disagreed, saying the royal addendum was not a valid order. Therefore "the court cannot issue an ...order to direct a house arrest", Loke told the Kuala Lumpur High Court. "There is no legal provision for house arrest in Malaysia," the judge added. On Friday, Najib faces yet another verdict in a separate trial linked to the financial scandal that led to his defeat in the 2018 elections.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha December 22, 2025 03:03 UTC