Kuala LumpurNajib Razak left Kajang prison Friday for house arrest.
Malaysia’s governing party, the United Malays National Organisation, paid the $12.3 million fine his pardon required.
House arrest covers only his reduced 6-year sentence, not a separate 15-year term he is appealing.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he disagreed with the party paying, but called it the party’s right.
If his appeal on the 15-year sentence fails, Najib returns to prison.
How each outlet framed it
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- Al Jazeera Online
- frames the house arrest as a political story, quoting McBride on spillover into Malaysia's current politics
- Aol
- stresses the separate 15-year second-trial sentence the pardon does not cover, and the August 2028 release date
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, Aol