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Malaysia’s king warns against challenging Najib’s house arrest

Malaysia’s king warned on Saturday that any attempt to ⁠challenge his order ⁠letting former prime minister Najib Razak go ⁠from jail to house arrest could amount to defying his decree, a day after authorities delayed Najib’s transfer. Najib has been in jail since 2022 after being found guilty of cor

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Both outlets lead on the king’s warning and on the question of Najib Razak’s move from jail to house arrest. South China Morning Post foregrounds the warning about challenging the order and adds, in its extract, that authorities delayed Najib’s transfer and that he has been in jail since 2022. Al Jazeera is shorter and instead foregrounds that the attorney general postponed the transfer after a court cleared Najib for house arrest.

Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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