Malaysia king permits ex-PM Najib Razak to serve term under house arrest ↧ ↧ Malaysia king permits ex-PM Najib Razak to serve term under house a... The Malaysian pardons board chaired ​by the king agreed on ‌Friday to allow jailed former premier Najib Razak to ​serve the remainder of ​his sentence under house ⁠arrest, four years after ​a conviction related to a ​multi-billion-dollar financial scandal, the prime minister's legal department said.