PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA - DECEMBER 8:（COMPILATION） Ex-Malaysian PM Najib fails in appeal against corruption conviction on December 8, 2021, in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak failed on Wednesday in his bid to overturn the guilty verdict in a case related to SRC International, a former unit of state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). (Footage by Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images)

"Today, we have got a good decision," says Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, the lawyer representing jailed former Malaysian leader Najib Razak as the former Prime Minister moved closer to serving the rest of his sentence at home after an appeal court ruled he could use a royal decree supporting his claim (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

A Malaysian court ruled Wednesday that jailed former prime minister Najib Razak will have to defend himself against charges of abuse of power and money laundering linked to the scandal-wracked 1MDB sovereign wealth fund (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

A man shoots water bubbles with a water gun in the streets of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, July 20, 2014, Laborers work on top of a monorail station, as a monorail travels on an elevated track above congested traffic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, July 20, 2014, Laborers work on top of a monorail station above busy traffic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, July 20, 2014, Pedestrians walk past a Mass Rapid Transit Corp (MRT Corp.) construction site in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, July 20, 2014, A Mass Rapid Transit Corp (MRT Corp.) construction site stands in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, July 20, 2014, Pedestrians walk past a bus shelter displaying a sign for 1Malaysia, a slogan adopted by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, July 20, 2014, A GoKL Citybus stops in traffic beside a bus shelter displaying a sign for 1Malaysia, a slogan adopted by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, July 20, 2014, Pedestrians walk along a street in the Little India district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, July 20, 2014

PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA - DECEMBER 22: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak speaks during a demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and plans to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, held after the Friday Prayer at Putra Mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia on December 22, 2017. (Footage by Adem Salvarcioglu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

CLEAN: Interior shots Prince William & Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge pose for photo call alongside the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak & his wife Rosmah Mansor before a lunch at the Prime Minister's residence in Kuala Lumpur William & Catherine Malaysian PM Photo Call on September 13, 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Footage by Sky News/Getty Images)

Rosmah Mansor the wife of ousted Malaysian leader Najib Razak leaves an anti graft agency office after being questioned over allegations of corruption (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - JANUARY 6: (COMPILATION) People walk towards the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex on January 6, 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak appeared for a continuation of his 1MDB trial court case after failing to appeal his 12 -year jail sentence, with the Court of Appeal having found him guilty of illegally obtaining millions of dollars from SRC International, which was part of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). (Footage by Mohd Samsul Mohd Said/Getty Images)

Former Prime Minister Najib Razak sentenced to 12 years in jail; MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur: EXT DRONE FOOTAGE of monorail along tracks and skyscrapers in skyline / skyscrapers including the Petronas Towers and the KL Tower

Items seized from six premises linked to ousted Malaysian leader Najib Razak including cash a vast stash of jewellery and luxury handbags are worth up to $273 million (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

VIANTIANE, LAOS - SEPTEMBER 07: Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Philipinnes President Rodrigo Duterte, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos on September 07, 2016. (Footage by Recep Sakar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Malaysian ex-premier Najib Razak says he objected "in the strongest of terms" how the court forced his lawyer to continue despite wanting to be discharged in the appeal hearing against his graft conviction at the country's top court Thursday, as he began his final bid to overturn his jail sentence for corruption over the 1MDB financial scandal (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)