Jailed former Malaysia premier Najib Razak seeks to serve remaining sentence under house arrest

Malaysia's imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak is seeking to serve the rest of his prison term under house arrest, two months after his sentence in a corruption case was reduced by half. Najib said in his application, filed Wednesday, he had “clear information” that the nation's then-king Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah issued a separate order during the Jan.29 Pardon's Board meeting, which cut his 12-year jail sentence by half and sharply reduced a fine, allowing him to finish his sentence under house arrest.