Attorney general postponed Najib Razak’s transfer from jail after court cleared him for house arrest on Friday.
Malaysia’s king has warned that any attempt to challenge his order granting jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak house arrest could amount to defying his decree, a day after authorities delayed Najib’s transfer.
The 73-year-old Najib was jailed for his role in one of the largest-ever global plunders of a sovereign wealth fund, the now-defunct 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
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But King Sultan Ibrahim granted him a conditional pardon in September, allowing him to serve out the rest of his sentence at home provided he paid a $12m fine.
On Friday, the country’s attorney general blocked the former…
