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Malaysia’s Najib loses bid to suspend 15-year 1MDB sentence on medical grounds

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Malaysia’s Najib loses bid to suspend 15-year 1MDB sentence on medical grounds
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A Malaysian court on Wednesday rejected Najib Razak’s bid to suspend his 15-year jail sentence in the 1MDB scandal pending the jailed former prime minister’s appeals, ruling that his health and other grounds did not justify a stay.
The decision means his sentence is set to begin after his current prison term ends in August 2028. Najib, 73, received a conditional royal pardon last month allowing him to serve that separate sentence in the SRC International case at home, but he must first pay a 50.

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