Malaysian police in Kuala Lumpur surrounded the home of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, ahead of his transfer from prison to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest, after he paid a fine of $12.32 million in fulfillment of the terms of the royal pardon approved by the King of Malaysia last September. UMNO confirmed the payment following a fundraising campaign. Najib, who led the government from 2009 to 2018, was convicted of corruption charges related to the embezzlement of billions of dollars from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, which he continues to deny, stressing that he was the victim of a complex financial scheme.