A Malaysian court cleared the way on Tuesday for jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to be transferred to house arrest, after the attorney general disputed an earlier directive.
Najib, 73, was jailed for his role in one of the largest global plunders of a sovereign wealth fund, the now-defunct 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
He was granted a conditional pardon in September, allowing him to serve out the rest of his sentence at home provided that he paid a 50 million ringgit (US$12 million) fine.