Malaysia's imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak has won an appeal to pursue his bid to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest.

The Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favour of Razak’s request to have his case for house arrest reviewed, citing a letter from a Pahang state palace official.View on euronews

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stepped up efforts to serve the rest of his prison sentence for corruption at home, submitting to a court in Putrajaya what he says is a copy of a royal decree permitting him to do so.

In a split decision, the Court of Appeal on Monday ordered the High Court to hear the merits of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak’s judicial review.

Three-member bench rules 2-1 to grant Najib Razak’s appeal to use the decree to argue his case before the High Court.

You may have heard that Datuk Seri Najib Razak won a case at the Court of Appeal yesterday regarding a “house arrest” document, but what does it

Public anger, accusations of treason hit Anwar’s administration over handling of Najib’s potential release into house arrest.

Malaysia's imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak on Monday won an appeal to pursue his bid to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest.

A Malaysian court on Monday granted jailed ex-premier Najib Razak's bid to access a royal document that should allow him to serve his sentence at home, in a rare win for the disgraced former leader at the heart of the country's biggest scandal.