Malaysia's king warns against defying Najib house-arrest order

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak, 73, who is serving a prison sentence in the 1MDB fund fraud case, was permitted in September under a conditional pardon from King Sultan Ibrahim to serve the remainder of his term under house arrest, on condition of paying a 12 million dollar fine.

Even after the fine was paid, the country's attorney general blocked the transfer to house arrest, saying the pardon required further clarification. The king has now warned that no one should act in defiance of the house-arrest order.