The Prisons Department is finalizing house arrest regulations following the conditional pardon decision for former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
JERTIH: The Malaysian Prisons Department is now in the final phase of drafting regulations and conditions for the implementation of home detention following the conditional pardon decision that allows former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to serve the remainder of his prison sentence through this method.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said that the matter is being pursued following a letter from the Pardons Board secretariat, which allows the Malaysian Prisons Department to set conditions for the implementation of house arrest.
“The Malaysian Prisons Department is in the final phase, currently drafting it. Our country has never had (house arrest) before, but suddenly there is… In the letter from the Pardons Board secretariat to the Malaysian Prisons Department, it is stated that the Malaysian Prisons Department can impose any conditions.
“So our (the Malaysian Prisons Department) task is to develop a set of regulations that are currently being worked on,” he said to reporters after officiating the launching ceremony of the MADANI Adopted Village and MADANI Adopted School initiatives of the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) in Felda Tenang, here today.
However, Saifuddin Nasution said Najib is still at Kajang Prison because he has not paid the RM50 million fine, which is one of the conditions for him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest.
Last month, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, granted Najib a conditional pardon to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until Aug 23, 2028, subject to the payment of a RM50 million fine.
Recently, Najib’s lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, said his client would spend the remainder of his prison sentence for the SRC International case with his family at his residence in Langgak Duta, Kuala Lumpur, under a home detention order granted by the King.