Jailed former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is now a step closer to serving the rest of his sentence under house arrest, after the Court of Appeal allowed his judicial review application related to a royal addendum. Criminal lawyer, Goh Cia Yee, explains what the implications of this decision might be as well as how a house arrest might work when there are no provisions for this in Malaysian law.

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam

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Categories:  politics,  government,  controversies,  Law/Activism

Tags:  najib razak,  house arrest,  royal addendum,  court of appeal,