Datuk Seri Najib Razak is barred from making statements to the media, appearing on social media and taking part in political activity while he serves the rest of his prison sentence at home, the Dewan Rakyat heard on 12 November. Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the prohibitions sit inside the conditional pardon order issued by the Pardons Board, New Straits Times reported.
The order carries four categories of restriction: residence and association, movement and visitors, the use of telephones and telecommunication devices, and compulsory rehabilitation and intervention programmes.
Najib must remain at No. 11, Jalan Langgak Duta in Kuala Lumpur and cannot move to another house, building or premises. He cannot leave the address without written permission, although prison officers will take him to Friday prayers, according to CNA.
Only his immediate family may live with him without approval, defined in the order as his wives, children, sons- and daughters-in-law and grandchildren. Any other resident, and every visitor, needs written consent from the Prisons Department.
The telecommunications rule limits him to devices registered with the department, which officers use to verify that he is at home. “He is prohibited from making any statements or comments in any media coverage. He is also not allowed to attend public gatherings, let alone participating in political activities,” the minister said, as Malay Mail carried his reply.
Ramkarpal Singh (PH-Bukit Gelugor) asked whether the conditions would be gazetted so that breaches, including talks or meetings held over Zoom, could be scrutinised. The minister replied that the details are set out in prison compliance instructions, and that a breach revokes the order at once, The Star wrote.
Enforcement at the house runs to nine prison officers, with three on duty across three shifts each day, and police keeping a fixed presence at the property. Saifuddin said the deployment costs nothing extra because the officers were reassigned from Kajang Prison.
Any breach returns Najib to Kajang Prison or to another prison named by the commissioner-general.
He had asked for a second residence to be added to the arrangement. The Home Ministry refused because the Pardons Board named only the Jalan Langgak Duta property.
The conditional pardon, granted by Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar in September, allows Najib to serve the remainder of a six-year sentence at home until 23 August 2028. He began the arrangement on 10 November, after the RM50 million fine was paid. The Pardons Board had halved a 12-year term and a RM210 million fine in 2024.
The order covers only the SRC International case. It does not touch a separate 15-year sentence imposed in December 2025 over 1MDB funds, which he is appealing.
His pension as a former prime minister and former lawmaker has been stopped while he serves the sentence, though he keeps other entitlements for now.
