Tracking devices mandated under proposed house arrest law, says Saifuddin

PASIR MAS: Those placed under house arrest will be required to wear location-tracking devices under a proposed law, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. The Home Minister said current laws do allow house arrest. "This can help reduce the problem of prison congestion in the country," he said after officiating the Santuni Madani with the Commissioner-General of...

Court grants Najib’s bid to submit two more affidavits in judicial review over house arrest

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has allowed an application by Datuk Seri Najib Razak to submit two additional affidavits in his application to commence judicial review over an alleged royal addendum order, which would allow him to serve his remaining prison term under house arrest. Justice Amarjeet Singh also fixed July 3 to deliver his...

May 2 hearing for Tengku Zafrul’s bid to intervene in Najib’s judicial review

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has fixed May 2 to hear an application by Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz who is seeking to intervene in Datuk Seri Najib Razak's application for leave to initiate a judicial review over a purported house arrest royal addendum order. Tengku Zafrul is seeking the intervention to file...

Was house arrest part of Najib’s pardon, Ismail Sabri asks in Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic) wants the government to disclose if house arrest was included as part of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s royal pardon application. “I was made to understand that aside from a royal pardon, there was an appeal for him to be transferred from being detained at the...