Malaysia’s Najib drops appeal to serve 1MDB-linked prison sentence under house arrest

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has dropped his appeal to serve the remainder of his corruption sentence under house arrest. He is currently serving a six-year jail sentence at Kajang Prison after having his original 12-year term for misappropriating 42 million ringgit from SRC International, a unit of 1MDB, halved by the Pardons Board in 2024. Najib was convicted of corruption related to the misappropriation of funds from 1MDB, which was at the center of a global scandal that led to his government's downfall in 2018. The decision to drop his appeal means he will not be able to serve the remaining time under house arrest as part of his sentence. Najib is now serving his full six-year term in prison.