Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak returns home under royal pardon, but faces a separate 15-year prison sentence

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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived home Tuesday to serve the remainder of his corruption sentence under house arrest after four years in prison over the 1MDB scandal that saw $4.5 billion siphoned out of the state investment fund. The transfer followed a royal pardon and a court ruling that ended a legal dispute over his release from prison . Najib, 73, reached his Kuala Lumpur residence in a convoy escorted by police and prison vehicles, with supporters waiting outside. "It's a final relief," his lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah told reporters, adding that house arrest was "still an imprisonment because he can't leave the house unless he gets special permission or for a special reason.