Najib’s family still awaiting house arrest SOP, says daughter

Najib’s family still awaiting house arrest SOP, says daughter



File picture of Datuk Seri Najib Razak with daughter his Nooryana Najwa at the Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur August 9, 2019. Nooryana said neither the family nor his lawyers had received details from the Prisons Department, including on any modifications needed to the residence for the house arrest arrangement. — Picture by Firdaus Latif


Summary

• Najib Razak's family has not received any official details or SOP from the Prisons Department about his house arrest, leaving them unsure of the requirements.
• Najib's Langgak Duta residence, empty since his imprisonment, is designated for house arrest, pending official guidelines and modifications.
• A fundraising campaign by Umno for Najib has raised over RM2 million, reflecting public and party support for his conditional house arrest arrangement.

First Published: Friday, 25 Sep 2026 9:00 AM MYT


KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — The family of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has yet to receive any official information, including standard operating procedures (SOP), from the authorities on the implementation of his house arrest.

Nooryana Najwa, one of Najib’s daughters, said neither the family nor his lawyers had received details from the Prisons Department, including on any modifications needed to the residence for the house arrest arrangement, according to a report by Berita Harian.

“We have not received any SOP from the Prisons Department. Simply put, we have not received any official information. Our lawyers have also not received any official information. So we are still waiting for information from the Prisons Department,” she said.

“We really do not know. As family members, we have not received any word or information from prison officers,” she said.


Media had previously reported that Najib was expected to serve the remainder of his sentence at his residence in Langgak Duta here, under Prisons Department supervision, with restrictions including limited family visits.

His lawyer Datuk Hasnal Rezua Merican had said the location was chosen because no family members lived there, allowing the property to be used as a prison facility, subject to criteria set by the Prisons director-general.

Nooryana said the Langgak Duta residence had been vacant since her father was imprisoned on August 23, 2022.


“My mother (Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor) lives with me. So the house has been empty since (Najib) was imprisoned,” she said.

Najib is currently serving his sentence at Kajang Prison following a conditional pardon granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim on September 18, allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence for the SRC International case under house arrest until August 23, 2028, subject to the conditions imposed, including payment of a RM50 million fine.

However, as of today, the eighth day since the decision, there has been no new development from Kajang Prison.

On the fundraising campaign launched by Umno, Nooryana said she had been informed that total contributions had so far reached more than RM2 million.

“I understand that Umno members are not concentrated in the cities, so it is quite difficult for us to reach the fundraising target within a short period.

“So, Umno’s effort at the moment is to bring the fund to programmes in rural areas each time to raise more contributions,” she said.

Nooryana said the family welcomed the decision on the conditional house arrest after waiting for some time for developments concerning Najib’s situation.

“At the time of the decision, my mother was with me. We were happy because at least there was a decision. There was a way out for my father.

“Although the opportunity is rather complicated for the family, we know what needs to be done,” she said.

However, she said the family was still waiting for several matters to be finalised before commenting further on the implementation of the house arrest.

“Because right now we are still waiting. There has been no final decision. So I cannot comment beyond that.

“I know there is a lot of speculation out there and so on. If we are to make a decision, we will make it based on accurate information from the authorities,” she said.

Nooryana also said the family was touched by the support shown by Umno and members of the public who had contributed towards efforts to secure Najib’s release through the house arrest arrangement.

“We were very touched when Umno announced that it would launch a solidarity fund for Datuk Seri Najib. Likewise, we appreciate the efforts of members of the public who are willing to contribute.

“We are relieved because there is finally a way out. It gives the family hope, although we understand that its implementation remains subject to the conditions set,” she said.

PDRM tightens security at Wisma Negeri following exco revocation

PDRM tightens security at Wisma Negeri following exco revocation



Negeri Sembilan Police Chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad speaks to the media at the Port Dickson District Administrative Complex in Port Dickson on July 18, 2026. — Bernama pic


Summary

• The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) in Negeri Sembilan emphasizes maintaining public safety and order amid current state developments.
• In response to the cancellation of appointments by the Negeri Sembilan Palace, PDRM executed access management at the Wisma Negeri Office to ensure smooth operations.
• Police deployment at key locations aims to uphold public safety while avoiding disruptions.
• The police assure impartiality in handling any legal and constitutional matters and remain committed to enforcing the law without bias.

First Published: Friday, 25 Sep 2026 8:40 AM MYT


SEREMBAN, Sept 25 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), particularly the Negeri Sembilan police contingent, continues to prioritise public safety and order in light of current developments in the state.

Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said that the PDRM acknowledges the statement from the Attorney General’s Chambers regarding the proclamation dated April 19 and respects the ongoing constitutional and legal processes without making any determinations beyond its jurisdiction.

“PDRM has implemented access management to the Wisma Negeri Office for the former line-up of Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council (MMKN) members immediately following the announcement of the cancellation of their appointments made by the Negeri Sembilan Palace.

“This action is to ensure that the aspects of safety, public order, and smooth operations at the premises are continuously maintained,” he said in a statement here yesterday.


Alzafny also explained that the deployment of police at several locations, including the Tuanku Ja’afar Royal Gallery, the Luak Sungei Ujong Hall, and the State Secretariat yesterday, was to maintain public safety.

He said that any access control at the relevant location is implemented in a controlled manner based on the current security assessment and the premises management requirements, in addition to avoiding any situation that could cause tension or disrupt public order.

He said that the action should not be interpreted as the PDRM favouring or recognising any party in matters that are undergoing constitutional and legal processes.


“As an agency responsible for maintaining peace and enforcing the law, the PDRM will continue to carry out its duties professionally, fairly, and based on the law without favouring any party,” he also said.

He added that the PDRM will not compromise on any actions that violate the law, provoke, disturb public order, or threaten the safety of any individual and institution. — Bernama

A Perfect Storm – Something Else Causing Bond Market Havoc

A Perfect Storm – Something Else Causing Bond Market Havoc


September 24th, 2026 by financetwitter



In a rare move, Donald Trump personally welcomed Xi Jinping’s entourage at Andrews Air Force Base as the U.S. Air Force band marched on the tarmac and U.S. and Chinese flags flew. The last American president to welcome a foreign leader at Andrews John F. Kennedy in 1962, although Trump welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin off his plane in Alaska last year.

After officials literally rolled out the 100ft (30m) red carpet, Trump and First Lady Melania shook hands with Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan once the Chinese president descended from his plane at Joint Base Andrews, a US military airfield outside Washington. Trump, wearing a long coat and gloves, and Xi then stood side by side on the tarmac as a military band played national anthems.


Ahead of Xi’s arrival, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. and China will extend their trade truce, which was set to expire 10 November 2026 to January 2027. Even though the three-day summit is expected to be more about spectacle than substance, it shows desperation on the American side to smooth tensions on everything from AI (Artificial Intelligence) and trade to Iran.


The unusual ceremony at the airport demonstrated how much the U.S. leader is seeking to impress his counterpart. In a normal protocol, Trump would wait for Xi to drive up to the White House. In comparison, Chinese President Xi Jinping did not receive U.S. President Donald Trump as he arrived at Beijing International Airport on May 13. Chinese Vice President Han Zheng was there instead.

It’s not hard to understand why Trump has made it clear he wants to wow Xi, and has very interest in flexing muscles. He has enough on his plate to pick up another round of fights with China. A perfect storm is forming in the financial market – selloff in the U.S. bond market, fighting words from an Iranian official at the U.N., hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve governor and a weak auction of government bonds.


The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.113% on Wednesday (September 23), blowing past the recent highs at levels unseen since 2007. The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield has topped 5.43%, putting it on track for its highest close since 2004. Borrowing costs are surging in Asia and continue to rise in Europe. Oil prices are rising, with the most actively traded Brent contract, for December delivery, trading right around US$100 a barrel.


From an intractable conflict in Iran to a seemingly indestructible U.S. economy, it just “doesn’t make sense to a lot of people to own bonds here,” – said Christopher Sullivan, chief investment officer at the United Nations Federal Credit Union. Even Japan’s 10-year bond yield jumps to highest since August 1996.

Government bond yields, which rise when bond prices fall, have been climbing for months, and their rise is already rippling throughout the economy, impacting everything from mortgage and credit card rates to private-equity firms’ willingness to make debt-fueled acquisitions. At the same time, the uptick in yields still doesn’t seem like it has done enough to broadly slow the economy.

That has only caused yields to rise further, as investors bet that the Fed will have to raise rates even higher than previously anticipated to have any real success in bringing down inflation. Investors now see a 73% chance that the Fed will lift interest rates again next month, according to CME Group data – up from 55% last week and 11% last month.


Looking further out, investors expect hikes to keep coming. Traders see a roughly 50% chance that interest rates will be at least one full percentage point higher around this time next year – a scenario that was barely on their radars just a month ago, thanks to strong economic data, higher oil prices and comments from a Fed governor backing further rate increases.



The bad news for bonds started early on Wednesday, when oil prices spiked in European trading. Traders who had hoped for U.S.-Iran diplomacy during the ongoing United Nations General Assembly in New York were less than thrilled with comments from Iran’s president, who said his country won’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz as long as sanctions remain in place.

The U.S. 10-year yield drifted higher early. Then, at 9:45 a.m. in New York, a monthly business survey that is rarely known for moving markets turned heads. Izaac Brook, U.S. rates strategist at RBC Capital Markets, was on a plane about to leave from New York to Minnesota when the headlines broke about the survey, known as the S&P Global Flash U.S. Composite PMI.


The report, based on a survey of services and manufacturing firms, showed businesses growing at the quickest pace in more than five years and the fastest job growth in more than four years. Brook got a quick glimpse of the market’s reaction – a sharp jump in yields on short and longer-duration bonds – before turning his phone onto airplane mode.

When he arrived at his destination a few hours later, the strategist said he had “a million” messages from people asking what was happening. “It just is so hard for people to be constructive right now,” – Brook said. “You can look at the levels and say these are really attractive. But we’ve been playing that game for the past six months, and every time we’ve tried to draw a line in the sand somewhere, it just keeps going.”

The Fed last week raised interest rates for the first time in three years, and the market is anticipating further hikes. That sentiment got further fuel just after 10 a.m. when remarks by Fed governor Michael Barr hit the newswires. “Inflation is above our 2% target and not clearly trending toward target in a timely way,” Barr said in a speech in Chicago.




He noted that risks that could prevent the Fed from achieving its inflation target have risen. The concern among investors is that “the Fed is willing to hike to constrain inflation despite a lot of the pressures coming from supply shocks, which could mean unrelenting hawkishness,” said Dhiraj Narula, U.S. rates strategist at HSBC.

Meanwhile, traders were waiting for the Treasury Department to announce the size of its planned bond buyback operation set for Thursday. That announcement came – US$6 billion – but had little effect on the selloff. Then at 1 p.m., the federal government’s auction of fresh 5-year Treasury notes was met with weak demand.

The notes were sold at a yield well above what traders had anticipated, and bond dealers that are required to bid at auctions were forced to take down an unusually large share, pointing to a lack of interest from other potential buyers. Investors had little interest in buying bonds right when their prices were tumbling. The poor result only caused more alarm, driving yields still higher.


All in, it was the worst day in nearly 18 months for U.S. government bonds. Major stock indexes also slipped, but not as far as some traders might have expected on a day when debt benchmarks that affect rates on everything from corporate bonds to mortgages soared.

Few are denying those were contributing factors. But there was also something else behind the scenes, according to market watchers – traders being forced out of their positions. “The move has the hallmarks of a pain trade and forced selling by investors at these more elevated levels and could have further to run,” – said MUFG Bank’s Derek Halpenny in a note today.



Mohit Kumar, chief European economist at Jefferies, had the same assessment – “The main driver was likely stop outs and position unwinds. There appears to be a lot of pain on the street in fixed income.” In recent weeks, many traders had been making a popular fixed-income bet known as a “steepener”, betting that the gap between short- and long-dated bond yields would widen.


Instead, that gap has narrowed as traders have rapidly adjusted their interest-rate expectations. Active traders “either had steepeners or outright longs at the front end of the curve. Some of the positions had been cleared in the last two weeks, but yesterday saw another round of washouts,” – Kumar said. A new round of U.S.-China tariff war would push up inflation even higher.

From one U-turn to another, Ismail now going round in circles

From one U-turn to another, Ismail now going round in circles


Ismail now says the state government has never sought to remove Tuanku Muhriz and has no authority to determine who occupies the throne

Updated 2 hours ago · Published on 24 Sep 2026 6:20PM

Ismail cannot simply point to adat and the Constitution and leave unanswered the actions taken by the administration he leads. - September 24, 2026



by The Vibes Says




NEGERI Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ismail Lasim is facing increasingly difficult questions over his handling of the dispute surrounding Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir, as his latest statement appears to depart sharply from positions taken by his own administration over the past three weeks.


Ismail now says the state government has never sought to remove Tuanku Muhriz and has no authority to determine who occupies the throne.

But that assertion sits uneasily with the record.

In early Sept, shortly after the disputed proclamation was made public, Ismail reaffirmed the state government’s full support and loyalty to Tuanku Muhriz as the Yang di-Pertuan Besar.

Days later, he said he had signed the instrument seeking Tuanku Muhriz’s removal unwillingly and under duress.

He lodged a police report and described the document as invalid, unconstitutional and unenforceable, while again declaring Tuanku Muhriz the only legitimate ruler of Negeri Sembilan.

Yet the position changed dramatically within days.

The state executive council, chaired by Ismail, subsequently declared the April 19 proclamation valid and said Tuanku Muhriz’s removal was legitimate.

It recognised Tuanku Nadzaruddin Tuanku Ja’afar as the new Yang di-Pertuan Besar and said the state government would take immediate steps to implement the decision.

Ismail later confirmed that the Exco had reached the decision unanimously.

That is difficult to square with today’s claim that the state government had never sought to remove Tuanku Muhriz.

The issue is not simply whether the proclamation was ultimately valid.

That question is now also the subject of competing constitutional and customary interpretations, including the Attorney-General’s Chambers’ position that the Menteri Besar and Exco had no unilateral power to remove the Yang di-Pertuan Besar.

The more immediate political question is why the position of the state government, under Ismail’s leadership, has shifted so markedly.

The DKU has also put the spotlight on the role of Ismail’s predecessor, Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun, saying he refused to sign the April proclamation because the requirements under Article 10 of the state Constitution had not been fulfilled.

That account matters because it undermines any attempt to suggest that the controversy can simply be traced to the previous administration.

Whatever may have happened in April, it was Ismail who became Menteri Besar, and whose signature appeared on the later instrument, and Ismail who chaired the Exco meeting that declared the proclamation valid and backed its implementation.

Now, after the Attorney-General’s Chambers rejected the premise that the MB and Exco could unilaterally act against the ruler, Ismail is presenting his administration as an outsider to the dispute — one that merely wants the customary institutions to resolve the matter.

That raises an obvious question: where was that restraint when the Exco was declaring the removal valid and recognising a new ruler?

For a Menteri Besar at the centre of a constitutional and customary crisis, changing explanations are not a minor matter. They go directly to political responsibility.

Ismail cannot simply point to adat and the Constitution and leave unanswered the actions taken by the administration he leads.

Nor can invoking Aminuddin’s earlier role explain away decisions subsequently made under Ismail’s chairmanship.

The chronology is now difficult to ignore: allegiance to Tuanku Muhriz, an admission of signing the removal instrument under duress, an Exco decision endorsing the removal, recognition of a successor, and now a declaration that the state government never sought to remove the ruler.

Each position has come from the same administration.

That leaves Ismail with a credibility problem of his own making.

At a time when Negeri Sembilan’s institutions are already under extraordinary strain, the public deserves something more than another change in position.

It deserves a clear account of what the Menteri Besar knew, what he signed, what his Exco decided and why the government’s position has shifted so dramatically.

Until those questions are answered, Ismail’s latest attempt to distance the state government from the removal process is unlikely to settle the controversy. If anything, it adds another layer to it. – September 24, 2026

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The Dud has been ceaselessly banging his own head with his preeeeggg, wakakaka, hence he is going around in circles.

Tuanku Muhriz's sacking of 10 N Sembilan excos gazetted

Tuanku Muhriz's sacking of 10 N Sembilan excos gazetted

Published: Sep 24, 2026 9:48 PM


The Negeri Sembilan government has gazetted state ruler Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir’s revocation of the appointments of 10 state excos who violated their oath of allegiance to the Yang di-Pertuan Besar.


According to the gazette dated today, the executive councillors’ positions were revoked effective Sept 20.

“According to Article 38(5) of the Negeri Sembilan constitution, state exco members, except for the menteri besar, hold their posts with the consent of the ruler.

“Since the 10 have violated their pledge of loyalty to the ruler, their appointments as members of the state exco have been revoked and annulled,” the gazette stated.


The 10 assemblypersons involved include seven from Umno, namely Mustapha Nagoor (Palong), Faizal Ramli (Linggi), Zaiful Bahri Idris (Chembong), Razi Ali (Sungai Lui), Asna Amin (Lenggeng), Siti Nur Umaira Hasim (Labu) and Suhaimizan Bizar (Gemencheh).

The others are MCA’s Siow Kong Choon (Chennah), PAS’ Fairuz Isa (Serting), and Razali Abu Samah (Sikamat) of Wawasan Negara.

Besides the now-former excos, Umno still has nine assemblypersons while MCA has one next to PAS’ three and Wawasan’s two.

Clash of heads


Earlier today, Menteri Besar Ismail Lasim insisted that the state exco line-up remains intact, crying foul over how councillors have been allegedly barred from entering their offices at Wisma Negeri and prevented from carrying out their duties.

READ MORE: 'Overtaken by events' - MB dodges shifting loyalty, 'forced to sign' posers

Ismail had also publicly disagreed with Tuanku Muhriz’s Sept 20 request for him to present a new set of exco members to the state ruler.


The Juasseh assemblyperson argued that the ruler’s move was not legally valid as contrary to the requirements of the state constitution; he had not advised for the excos’ removal as he was never consulted prior to the royal decision.

Ismail had also confirmed that a Sept 22 meeting of the state executive council had agreed to suspend secretary Zafir Ibrahim and state legal adviser Muzalmah Mustapha Kamal.

However, Chief Secretary to the Government Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar and the Attorney-General’s Chambers rejected the move, with both authorities instructing their respective personnel to continue their tasks as usual.

 

Hundreds protest for return of Machado to Venezuela

Hundreds protest for return of Machado to Venezuela

2 hours ago

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The exiled opposition figure and Nobel Peace Prize laureate was blocked from entering the country on Tuesday after another attempt to return home.

People demonstrate in Caracas demanding the return of Maria Corina Machado to Venezuela. (EPA Images pic)

CARACAS:

Hundreds of protesters demanded the return of exiled opposition figure and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado to Venezuela, AFP observed at a demonstration in Caracas on Thursday.

“Maria Corina, come, we’re waiting for you!” the crowd chanted, marching under an enormous Venezuelan flag.

Machado was blocked from entering the country on Tuesday after yet another attempt to return home, sources from her political party told AFP.

That same day, Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodriguez met with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Protester Douglas Mata, 65, questioned why Machado had been prevented from coming home.

“It’s not possible that they receive Delcy Rodriguez like a queen in the United States, yet they won’t let Maria Corina enter her own country,” he said.

Rodriguez took over from president Nicolas Maduro after his ouster by US forces in January, and has effectively governed under Washington’s thumb since then.

The White House denies allegations that Trump has vetoed Machado’s return to Venezuela.

The opposition figure came out of hiding in December, when she traveled to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

After a brief stint in the US, she settled in Panama City, where she now lives in exile.

 

Israeli policies threaten ‘life and existence’ of Palestinians, says Abbas

Israeli policies threaten ‘life and existence’ of Palestinians, says Abbas

2 hours ago

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The president accuses Israel of a colonial scheme aimed at forcing Palestinians to leave their homeland.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly through a pre-recorded video message after the US denied him a visa to the meeting. (EPA Images pic)

UNITED NATIONS:

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said at the UN on Thursday that Israeli policies no longer just jeopardized a two-state solution but were now threatening the “very life and existence” of his people.

He also slammed the US for denying him a visa to attend the United Nations’ top-level annual meeting as “punitive.” He instead pre-recorded a video message that was played to the gathering in New York.

“The danger is no longer limited to undermining the two-state solution and preventing the realisation of the Palestinian state. It has now come to threaten the very life and existence of the Palestinian people on their homeland,” Abbas said.

“What is taking place in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem are not isolated incidents, but rather a malicious colonial scheme aimed at making the lives of Palestinians more difficult in their homeland and forcing them to leave it.”

Israel’s expansion of settlement building on the occupied West Bank “aims to separate the northern West Bank from its south, isolate East Jerusalem from its Palestinian surroundings, and prevent the realization of a geographically continuous Palestinian state.”

“This requires urgent and responsible intervention by the United Nations Security Council,” he said.

Election delay fears

The UN Trade and Development warned Thursday that Gaza is currently going through the worst economic crisis ever observed.

An Israeli military offensive sparked by a Hamas militant attack in October 2023 devastated the territory of two million people before a patchy ceasefire was announced in October 2025.

In the West Bank, violence by extremist Israeli settlers has surged, prompting Britain, France and Canada to impose economic sanctions.

With 160 countries now recognizing a State of Palestine, Abbas called on the UN Security Council to intervene urgently and responsibly.

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“Today we say to the world: saving the solution begins with preserving the land on which the Palestinian state is to be established and protecting the people who live on it,” he said.

Abbas said that Palestinians were heading toward legislative elections on November 28 “followed by the completion of the renewal of the institutions of the Palestinian National Council, followed by the Palestinian presidential elections.”

In a letter sent in June 2025 to French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Abbas pledged to hold legislative and presidential elections on a fixed timetable.

On Wednesday, French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot urged that those elections be held, amid mounting concerns in the international community they will be postponed due to logistical difficulties.

Those challenges relate to delivering voting materials to the Gaza Strip as well as securing Israeli visas for international observers to reach the West Bank, as requested by the European Union.