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Najib Razak, Ex-Prime Minister of Malaysia, Is Released to House Arrest

Published by New York Times World By Zunaira Saieed and Richard C. Paddock · 10 November 2026 at 17:01
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Najib Razak, Ex-Prime Minister of Malaysia, Is Released to House Arrest
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Najib Razak, a former prime minister of Malaysia who was brought down in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, was released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence in his mansion.

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