Malaysia’s king warns against challenging Najib’s house arrest
Malaysia’s king warned on Saturday that any attempt to challenge his order letting former prime minister Najib Razak go from jail to house arrest could amount to defying his decree, a day after authorities delayed Najib’s transfer. Najib has been in jail since 2022 after being found guilty of corruption and money laundering in a case linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad. He has consistently denied wrongdoing. He was due to be transferred home on...
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same royal warning about Najib's house arrest order, and nothing in it contradicts Report 1.
1h agoAlso reported by thestar.com.my, asiaone.com (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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