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Najib Razak
Sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia, from 2009 to 2018, convicted in cases linked to the 1MDB scandal.
Party: United Malays National Organisation · Malaysia · Born 1953-07-23
People · 2 stories · Also known as: Najib
Photo: Government of Malaysia, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Background
- EducationUniversity of Nottingham; Malvern College; Kian Kok Middle School · Wikidata
Coverage tone
2 stories in our coverage over twelve weeks; bar height is the number of stories, colour the average tone.
2026-11-092026-11-09
Overall: leaning negative
Documented facts
Family
Offices
- Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Malaysia; lost power in the May 2018 election (2009 to May 2018) · Al Jazeera: Timeline, how Malaysia's 1MDB financial scandal unfolded
Party
- member of · Wikidata
Public record
- granted a conditional royal pardon by, letting him serve the rest of his SRC sentence under house arrest until Aug 2028, Sep 2026; moved home Nov 2026 (since Sep 2026) · Bernama: Najib allowed to serve remainder of sentence under house arrest
- SRC sentence halved to six years and fine cut to RM50 million by the board, Feb 2024 (since Feb 2024) · Malay Mail: Pardons Board cuts Najib's jail term by half
- convicted by the High Court of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering over RM42 million of SRC funds, 2020; 12 years and RM210 million fine, upheld by the Federal Court, 2022 (since 2020) · The Vibes: Federal Court upholds Najib's SRC conviction
- convicted by the High Court on four counts of abuse of power and 21 of money laundering over 1MDB funds, Dec 2025; sentenced to 15 years and fined RM11.38 billion; appeal filed (since Dec 2025) · The Vibes: Najib sentenced to 15 years' jail and RM11.38 billion fine in 1MDB verdict
- launched the fund and chaired its board of advisers (2009 to 2018) · Al Jazeera: Timeline, how Malaysia's 1MDB financial scandal unfolded
Stated in our reporting
- launched 1MDB in 2009 and chaired its board of advisers · Our story
- resigned as transport minister citing the court decision allowing Najib to serve his sentence at home · Our story
- granted a conditional pardon letting him serve the rest of his SRC sentence under house arrest until August 2028 · Our story
- its High Court convicted Najib in the 1MDB case and sentenced him to 15 years and a RM11.38 billion fine · Our story
- granted a conditional pardon allowing house arrest in the SRC International case · Our story