Pardons Board halves Najib's jail time, to be released in 2028
UPDATED 6.02PM | Board also slashes fine from RM210m to RM50m.
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UPDATED 6.02PM | Board also slashes fine from RM210m to RM50m.
A six-member board headed by the previous king met at the national palace on Jan 29. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia halved the jail sentence on Friday of former premier Najib Razak, who was convicted of graft and money laundering related to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, a move expected to raise further questions about Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's commitment to fighting graft. Anwar campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, but joined hands with Najib's graft-tainted party, the United National Malays Organisation (UMNO), to form a government in November 2022, after an election that ended in a hung parliament. The reduction in Najib's sentence comes...
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PETALING JAYA: The Pardons Board’s decision on commuting Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s sentence into half was fair, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.