Former prime minister Najib Razak has been granted a conditional pardon allowing him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest until Aug 23, 2028, following a consent from Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar during the Pardons Board's meeting today.

In a short statement, the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister's Department said the the house-arrest arrangement is conditional on Najib paying a fine of RM50 million.

"He must comply with the stipulated conditions; should he fail to comply with any of these conditions, this conditional pardon shall be rendered void, and he must immediately resume serving the remainder of his sentence in prison," it said.

Najib, 73, has been serving a prison sentence following his conviction in the SRC International case.

Today's decision comes more than two years after the Pardons Board, chaired by then Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, reduced his prison sentence by half, from 12 years to six, and cut his fine from RM210 million to RM50 million.

It was later revealed that, just before stepping down as the 16th Agong, Sultan Abdullah had added notes to the pardons decision, calling for Najib to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.

Former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was among the first to raise the existence of the addendum in the Dewan Rakyat.

Since then, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and other government leaders have repeatedly brushed aside claims about the existence of the addendum, and said the matter would only be decided by the court.

Among other reasons, Anwar said the addendum was not addressed because Sultan Abdullah had been replaced.

Najib subsequently sought judicial review in a bid to compel the government to implement the royal addendum.

The house-arrest issue remained unresolved as Najib pursued a fresh royal clemency application in 2026, with the Pardons Board deferring its decision on Sept 11.

The current Federal Territories Pardons Board is chaired by the Agong and includes the minister in charge of federal territories, Hannah Yeoh, Attorney-General Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar, and three appointed members.