In Malaysia, King Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a conditional pardon on Friday, allowing him to serve the rest of his graft sentence under house arrest. Najib, imprisoned since 2022 for corruption linked to the 1MDB scandal, must pay a 50 million ringgit fine. The pardon follows a previous sentence reduction and comes amid ongoing appeals for other convictions.
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