THE Kuala Lumpur High Court has brought forward its decision date whether Datuk Seri Najib Razak can serve the remainder of his jail term at home instead of at Kajang Prison to Dec 22.
Judge Alice Loke Lee Ching had previously fixed the decision date for Jan 5 next year.
She agreed to the earlier date following an application by lawyers acting for Najib, who is serving his six-year jail term in prison.
Those who attended the case management today were senior federal counsel Nurhafizza Azizan and federal counsel Safiyyah Omar while Najib was represented by Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and Syafiqah Sofian.
Shafee separately confirmed the new decision date and that the Attorney General’s Chambers did not object to Najib’s request for an earlier date.
In its application, Najib’s solicitors said their client has had to endure a prolonged court process and pointed out that nearly two years have passed since the royal addendum decree was issued in early 2024.
It was reported yesterday that the former Prime Minister filed a judicial review seeking an order that the respondents or any of them be directed to immediately enforce the royal addendum, including transferring him from Kajang Prison to his residence in Kuala Lumpur to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.
Najib has been serving his sentence in Kajang Prison since 23 August 2022, after being convicted of embezzling RM42 million belonging to SRC International Sdn Bhd.
He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined RM210 million by the High Court. The conviction and sentence were later upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court, which dismissed his appeal.
Najib later filed a petition for royal pardon on 2 September 2022. The Pardon Board subsequently reduced his prison term from 12 years to six years while the fine was reduced from RM210 million to RM50 million. – November 25, 2025
