00:00Najib's heading home. What's next?
00:03Almost two months after receiving his conditional pardon,
00:06former PM Datuk Sri Najib Razak has finally paid the 50 million fine
00:09that allowed him to spend the rest of his jail sentence at home.
00:13Actually, UMNO paid it with funds that the party raised from donations.
00:17But what's next for the former UMNO president and Barisan National Chairman?
00:21More importantly, will he still need to go back to prison?
00:25On October 14 this year, the High Court rejected Najib's bid
00:28to stay his 15-year jail sentence and the 11.38 bill fine
00:32arising from his conviction in the YMDB trial.
00:34And that sentence is only set to begin in August 2028
00:37after the prison term for his SRC conviction ends.
00:40So there's still a possibility that Najib may need to go back to jail
00:43if his appeal against his YMDB conviction fails
00:45or if he fails to get a stay.
00:48That's because the conditional pardon applies only to his conviction in the SRC trial.
00:52And with the full conditions of his house arrest yet to be made public,
00:55it remains unclear what political activity Najib will be allowed to take part in, if at all.
01:00The more interesting question now is
01:02how Najib Razak's house arrest will impact UMNO,
01:06especially when the Malacca polls are in full swing
01:08with just a week to go before voting.
01:10And ultimately, will Malaysia ever achieve closure
01:12and put the YMDB debacle behind it?
