马来西亚前总理纳吉·拉扎克因在数十亿美元的“马来西亚第一发展有限公司”（1MDB）丑闻中挪用巨额公款而身败名裂，周二获释出狱，在其豪宅中服完剩余刑期。
Former Malaysian Leader Who Stole Millions Is Released to House Arrest Najib Razak, a former prime minister of Malaysia who was brought down in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, was released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence in his mansion.
这位蒙羞的马来西亚前总理纳吉·拉扎克因巨额贪污公款而获得“窃贼之王”的绰号，周二在一项皇家赦免令下获释出狱，该赦免令允许他在自称家中的豪宅里服完剩余的六年刑期。
Malaysia’s disgraced former prime minister, Najib Razak, whose colossal theft of public funds earned him the nickname “Man of Steal,” was released from prison on Tuesday. He was let out under a royal pardon that allows him to serve the remainder of his six-year sentence at the mansion he calls home.
现年73岁的纳吉因贪污罪名已在狱中度过过去四年，周二晚被送往位于首都吉隆坡最尊贵社区之一的住所。为迎接他的归来，这处占地49,000平方英尺（约4,552平方米）的整个房产于周五正式被指定为联邦监狱。
Mr. Najib, 73, who has spent the past four years in prison on corruption charges, was delivered on Tuesday night to his home in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods of the capital, Kuala Lumpur. The entire 49,000-square-foot property was officially declared a federal prison on Friday in preparation for his homecoming.
选民于2018年将纳吉——一位总理之子、另一位总理之侄——投票下台。随后，他因在由他创立并监管的国家投资基金“马来西亚第一发展有限公司”中有45亿美元失踪而被判犯有贪污罪。该丑闻导致其政府倒台，但随后的皇家赦免及其转为居家监禁，引发了对精英阶层享受特殊待遇的指责。
Voters ousted Mr. Najib, the son of one prime minister and the nephew of another, in 2018. He was later convicted of graft, after $4.5 billion disappeared from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the state investment fund that he founded and oversaw. The scandal brought down his government, but subsequent royal pardons and his move to house arrest have raised accusations of special treatment for elites.
“这是对正义的绝对嘲弄，”吉隆坡的一名物业经理苏雷什·库马尔说，“法律为富人和权势者服务，而不为穷人服务。”纳吉于晚上9时30分左右乘坐一辆银色的宝腾——马来西亚国产的SUV——抵达豪宅，另有九辆轿车和两辆摩托车随行。数十名聚集围观他归来的记者被警方拦在其住所附近的街道外。
“It is an absolute mockery of justice,” Suresh Kumar, a property manager in Kuala Lumpur. “The law works for the rich and powerful and not for the poor.”Mr. Najib arrived at his mansion at about 9:30 p.m. riding in a silver Proton, a Malaysian-made SUV, and accompanied by nine other cars and two motorcycles. Dozens of reporters who had gathered to witness his return were kept at bay by police who blocked off the street near his house.
纳吉布预计将继续被软禁至2028年8月。然而，他的法律麻烦仍在继续。待目前的刑期结束后，他将开始服刑15年，罪名是与该丑闻相关的另一项单独腐败指控。马来西亚高等法院还命令他支付高达28亿美元的罚款。他正在就该定罪提出上诉。
Mr. Najib is expected to remain under house arrest until August 2028. His legal problems, however, continue. He is due to begin serving a 15-year sentence on separate corruption charges related to the scandal when his current term ends. The High Court of Malaysia also ordered him to pay a staggering $2.8 billion fine. He is appealing that conviction.
美国司法部在2017年认定，从名为“1MDB”的投资基金中，有7.31亿美元被转入纳吉布的个人银行账户，近17亿美元的赃款经由美国被洗白。警方突击搜查了纳吉布的两处房产，缴获了价值2.73亿美元的现金、黄金、珠宝和奢侈手袋。
The U.S. Justice Department determined by 2017 that $731 million from the investment fund, known as 1MDB, had been transferred to Mr. Najib’s personal bank account and that nearly $1.7 billion in stolen funds had been laundered through the United States. The police raided two of Mr. Najib’s properties and carted away $273 million worth of cash, gold, jewelry and luxury handbags.
尽管纳吉布的罪行严重，马来西亚君主制的成员——这是一个由苏丹轮流担任国王、任期五年的制度——却伸出了援手。
Despite the magnitude of Mr. Najib’s crimes, members of Malaysia’s monarchy, a rotating system of sultans who take turns serving as king for five years, have come to his aid.
2024年，马来西亚前任国王苏丹·阿卜杜拉·苏丹·阿末·沙颁布赦免令，将纳吉布因滥用职权、刑事背信和洗钱罪被判处的12年刑期减半。该赦免令还将其罚金从约5100万美元减至约1200万美元。
In 2024, Malaysia’s previous king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, issued a pardon halving Mr. Najib’s 12-year sentence for abuse of power, breach of trust and money laundering. The pardon also reduced his fine from about $51 million to about $12 million.
9月，继任国王苏丹·依布拉欣·伊斯坎达颁布赦免令，允许他在缴清剩余罚金后开始软禁。
In September, his successor as king, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, issued the pardon that allowed him to begin house arrest after he paid the remaining fine.
纳吉布声称无力缴纳罚金，因此在加影监狱多关押了两个月，直到其政治盟友从支持者那里为他筹集到款项。尽管已被定罪入狱，纳吉布的政党——巫统（统一马来国民组织）依然保持影响力，并是现任联合政府的成员之一。他的政党上周缴纳了罚金。
Mr. Najib, who claimed he was unable to pay, remained in Kajang Prison for two months while his political allies raised the money for him from supporters. Despite his convictions and imprisonment, Mr. Najib’s party, the United Malays National Organization, remains influential and is part of the coalition government that is now in power. His party paid his fine last week.
马来西亚双威大学政治学教授黄振发表示，纳吉布案件的处理方式表明，一些马来西亚人对腐败过于宽容，且缺乏羞耻文化。
Wong Chin Huat, a professor of political science at Sunway University in Malaysia, said the handling of Mr. Najib’s case suggested that some Malaysians are too permissive toward corruption and lack a culture of shame.
“一桩巨额盗窃案，竟然可以在不认罪、不道歉的情况下获得赦免，还能靠募捐来缴纳罚金，”他说。批评人士还指出，马来西亚法律并无居家监禁的规定。
“A megatheft can actually get pardoned without an admission of guilt or an apology and a donation drive can pay for his fine,” he said. Critics have also pointed out that Malaysian law has no provision allowing for house arrest.
“这是一个非常令人担忧的事态发展，”总部设在马来西亚的反贪污与裙带关系中心创始主任辛西娅·加布里尔说。“居家监禁缺乏正当的法律依据。这为法治树立了恶劣先例，严重损害了司法制度。”纳吉布的支持者原本希望他能在周五获释回家，但赦免令和释放令措辞上的法律模糊性导致其获释推迟。
“It’s a very troubling development,” said Cynthia Gabriel, the founding director of the Malaysia-based Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism. “The house arrest comes without a proper legal basis. It sets a bad precedent for the rule of law and severely compromises the justice system.”Mr. Najib’s supporters had hoped that he would be sent home on Friday, but legal ambiguity in the wording of the pardon and his prison discharge order delayed his release.
“看来这是最终的解脱了，”他的律师穆罕默德·沙菲·阿卜杜拉周二在一名高等法院法官下令纳吉布获释实行居家监禁后对记者说。“他一直在等待这一刻，我认为他理应获得这个命令。”这位前总理在完成居家监禁后的命运尚不确定。皇室赦免不涵盖他2025年12月因四项滥用职权罪和21项洗钱罪被判刑一案。
“Well, it looks like it’s a final relief,” his attorney, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, told reporters Tuesday after a high court judge ordered Mr. Najib’s release to house arrest. “He has been waiting for this, and I think he deserved to get this order.”The fate of the former prime minister after he completes his house arrest is uncertain. The royal pardons do not cover his December 2025 conviction on four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering.
在没有上诉法院作出有利于他的裁决、或没有获得另一道皇室赦免的情况下，他可能被迫返回监狱，开始服15年刑期。
In the absence of an appellate court ruling in his favor or another royal pardon, he could be forced to return to prison to begin serving the 15-year sentence.
他最大的希望或许在于全国大选，预计将于2028年初举行，这给了他的政党一个机会，在他在入狱时间表上本应返回监狱之前，在政府中赢得更大的角色。
His best hope may be national elections, which are expected to take place in early 2028, giving his party a chance to win an even greater role in government before he is scheduled to return to prison.
倡导公平选举的非营利组织“净选盟”主席穆罕默德·费萨尔·阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹表示，他担心纳吉布的居家监禁会削弱打击腐败的努力。
Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz, the chair of Bersih, a nonprofit group that campaigns for fair elections, said he feared that Mr. Najib’s house arrest would undermine efforts to fight corruption.
“这可能会让公众对该国打击权贵盗政、维护问责制和确保法律面前人人平等的承诺产生困惑，”他说。
“This could create public confusion about the country’s commitment to combating kleptocracy, upholding accountability and ensuring equality before the law,” he said.