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. In an application in April last year, Najib said he had clear information that then-King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah issued an addendum order allowing him to finish his 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

Najib’s United Malays National Organization (UMNO) is a key partner in Prime Minister Anwar’s ruling coalition. And recent legal victories for the ex-PM, his associates and his party members, have raised questions about the government influencing the judiciary.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak won an appeal to pursue house arrest, challenging his remaining corruption sentence. Najib claims an addendum by Sultan Abdullah supported this, but it was earlier dismissed.

The former leader is leaving no leaf unturned in 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.

She said the sixth Prime Minister was convicted in not only one or two courts, but across all three levels of the judiciary: the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court.