Malaysia’s pardons board, at the time chaired by then-King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, agreed in February last year to halve Najib’s jail sentence to six years from 12 and reduce fines ...

Najib, imprisoned for his role in a multibillion-dollar fraud at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, had his 12-year sentence halved last year by then-King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, who was ...

Najib initially applied in April last year, claiming that then-King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah had issued an addendum order permitting him to complete his sentence at home. Najib said the ...