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On Monday, the court rejected his application to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.

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An Egyptian court denied on Thursday the appeal of a prominent economist seeking to overturn his five-year prison sentence for disseminating "fake news", according to one of his lawyers.

From Barron's

A conviction could add years to Najib's sentence and deal a further blow to his lingering influence within Malaysia's oldest political party, the United Malays National Organisation, which lost power in the 2018 election.

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It was not known whether sentencing would immediately follow a guilty verdict, but if acquitted, Najib will return to Kajang Prison outside Kuala Lumpur to continue serving his prior sentence.

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He was handed a two-year sentence after assisting investigators.

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