Najib drops appeal over High Court’s dismissal of house arrest bid

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Former prime minister filed a notice of discontinuation earlier this month, closing off any future attempt to serve the remainder of his SRC International prison sentence at home.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/04/27/najib-drops-appeal-over-high-courts-dismissal-of-house-arrest-bid  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/04/27/najib-gugur-rayuan-atas-keputusan-tolak-permohonan-tahanan-rumah  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews

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00:00Former Prime Minister Najib Razak has dropped his appeal against a high court ruling,

00:05dismissing his application to complete the remainder of his SRC international jail term under house arrest.

00:12According to Malay Mail, a notice of discontinuance was filed by Najib's legal team, Messrs. Shafi and Co. on April

00:203.

00:20No reasons were provided for the withdrawal, but the filing stated that it was discontinued without liberty to file afresh

00:28and with no order as to costs.

00:31This means Najib will not be able to refile the same appeal seeking house arrest in the SRC international case.

00:38On December 22, Justice Alice Lok dismissed Najib's application to serve his reduced six-year jail term

00:46in his SRC international case under house arrest.

00:50Lok held that, among others, the Federal Territory's Pardons Board had provided its advice on the proposed full pardon

00:57as well as the 50% reduction of prison term, but that there was no mention of house arrest

01:03during the meeting presided over by the King.

01:06Hanyu Zhou, FMT.

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