KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail is set to address the terms governing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's house arrest in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday.

According to the order paper published on Parliament's official website, Saifuddin is scheduled to respond to a question from Suhaizan Kaiat (PH-Pulai) after the prime minister's question time.

Suhaizan is seeking clarification on the specific conditions imposed on Najib while he serves the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until Aug 23, 2028.

He also wants to know which agency is responsible for monitoring the former prime minister's compliance with the conditions.

Najib began serving the remainder of his prison sentence in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case under house arrest at his residence in Langgak Duta in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, after Umno paid the RM50 million fine required for the house arrest order to be implemented.

He has been imprisoned since August 2022, when the Federal Court upheld his conviction on three counts of criminal breach of trust, three counts of money laundering and one count of abuse of power involving SRC funds.

His original 12-year prison sentence was halved to six years by the Pardons Board in 2024, while his fine was reduced from RM210 million to RM50 million.

In September this year, the King, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, granted Najib a conditional pardon allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until Aug 23, 2028, subject to payment of the court-imposed fine.

The house arrest arrangement applies only to his sentence in the SRC case. It does not cover a separate 15-year prison sentence imposed in December 2025 following his conviction for corruption involving RM2.3 billion in 1MDB funds. Najib is appealing against that conviction.

Separately, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to be asked in the Dewan Rakyat to clarify reports that Taiwan has suspended investment talks with Malaysia following his remarks describing the island as part of China.

Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah (PN-Langkawi) is scheduled to ask whether the government can confirm the reported suspension and explain its potential implications for bilateral trade relations and existing investment flows between Malaysia and Taiwan.

Taiwan's foreign minister reportedly confirmed that the island had suspended bilateral investment negotiations with Malaysia following Anwar's remarks.

Anwar sparked controversy during an interview with Al Jazeera in early August when he said he considered Taiwan part of China and likened Beijing's possible use of force against the island to Malaysia preventing a state from seceding.

Taiwan is Malaysia's fourth-largest trading partner and an important partner in the electrical and electronics sector, with bilateral trade reaching US$54.49 billion in 2025, up from US$38.63 billion in 2024, according to the Foreign Ministry.

For the first six months of 2026, total trade between the two economies amounted to US$37.1 billion.

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