SINGAPORE: A practising lawyer found himself standing sheepishly in the dock of the State Courts on Wednesday (Nov 6), after an alcohol-fuelled night out at Zouk nightclub in 2022.
KUALA LUMPUR: Individuals sentenced to more than 10 years in prison will not be eligible for house arrest under the proposed new law, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail .
“Those sentenced to 10 years or more in prison will not be eligible for consideration. This shows how serious we are,” he said in his winding-up speech on Budget 2025 in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday .Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan and Ramkarpal Singh had asked if former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak would be allowed to serve the remainder of his prison sentence at home.
The 71-year-old former premier filed for a royal pardon on Sept 2, 2022, resulting in the Pardons Board halving his prison sentence from 12 years to six and reducing the fine from RM210mil to RM50mil.
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