KUALA LUMPUR, 18 September 2026 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been granted a conditional pardon allowing him to serve the remainder of his six-year sentence under house arrest until 23 August 2028.
The decision was made at the 64th meeting of the Federal Territories Pardons Board on Friday, chaired by Malaysia’s King, Sultan Ibrahim.
Under the conditions announced by the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister’s Department, Najib must pay a RM50 million fine and comply with the conditions attached to the pardon. Failure to comply would result in the conditional pardon being revoked and Najib returning to prison.
Najib has been serving his sentence at Kajang Prison since August 2022 following his conviction in the SRC International case involving RM42 million. His original 12-year sentence was reduced to six years in 2024.
The house-arrest decision relates to the SRC International sentence. Najib continues to face other legal proceedings, including an appeal against a separate 15-year prison sentence handed down in December 2025 in an 1MDB-related case.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the decision was within the King’s constitutional powers and that ongoing corruption cases should continue according to the law.
Source: Bernama / Prime Minister’s Department
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