Malaysia has proposed house arrest as an option - Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — A new proposal for house arrest as an option was announced during Budget 2025, though details on its terms remain limited. Here is what we know so far: Current law: House arrest is not a standalone punishment in Malaysia, but the Prisons Act 1995 allows the Home Minister to designate locations for detention.
Proposed house arrest law: A second chance for first-time …
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today clarified that the proposed law on house arrest is designed to provide first-time offenders with a second chance, rejecting claims that it is connected to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Malaysia court grants jailed ex-PM Najib access to house arrest …
3 days ago · Malaysia court grants jailed ex-PM Najib access to house arrest decree. Three-member bench rules 2-1 to grant Najib Razak’s appeal to use the decree to argue his case before the High Court.
In Budget 2025, PM Anwar says new house arrest law in pipeline …
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — The government plans to introduce a new law that will enable convicts to serve out their imprisonment sentences at home instead of in prison. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim during the tabling of Budget 2025 today.
Malaysia says royal document granting home ... - The Straits Times
1 day ago · KUALA LUMPUR - A purported royal document allowing Malaysia's jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest was never hidden, the ...
Govt to draft new 'house arrest' law, says PM - The Star
Oct 18, 2024 · PETALING JAYA: A new law will be drafted by the government to allow prisoners to serve their jail sentences under house arrest, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. According to the Prime Minister, this can serve as an alternative punishment for certain offences, which he …
Malaysia denies new laws on house arrest are geared towards …
Oct 25, 2024 · Malaysia's proposal to introduce laws allowing house arrest for some offences seeks to reduce recidivism rates and prison overcrowding, and is not aimed at getting former premier Najib...
Malaysia’s Najib scores court victory in 1MDB-linked house arrest …
4 days ago · The legacy of Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal on politics and corruption-fighting. ... The ruling stopped short of granting Najib immediate house arrest, a disappointment for the hundreds of supporters ...
Najib gets nod for house arrest bid after lawyers produce …
4 days ago · PUTRAJAYA – Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak was on Jan 6 granted leave to pursue his legal bid for house arrest, after his lawyers produced a purported letter from the Pahang ...
Proposed House Arrest Bill would affect mostly detainees ... - The …
Nov 7, 2024 · KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed House Arrest Bill will apply to remanded detainees awaiting trial, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said adding that the intention of the Bill is to address prisons overcrowding.