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Jail will be tough for ex-Malaysian leader Najib, who’s used to a 7-star hotel lifestyle, says Anwar

• Najib, who was charged for his role in the embezzlement of billions of dollars from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, lost his appeal against his jail sentence on Monday.
  
• Malaysia’s highest court upheld his 12-year jail sentence and he began his sentence at Kajang Prison, south of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday.
  
• “Political leaders, political elites who continue to rort without [sic] impunity, they think that they’re invincible and above the law, [but] now, the message is very clear,” said Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
  

Prison will be a tough contrast to former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s seven-star hotel lifestyle as Malaysia begins to find “closure” from the scandal that had rocked the nation for years, said Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Najib, who was charged for his role in the embezzlement of billions of dollars from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, lost his appeal against his jail sentence on Monday.

Malaysia’s highest court upheld his 12-year jail sentence, which began at Kajang Prison, south of the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday.

“I think this is a good beginning. And it does reform and mature Malaysia as a vibrant democracy with strong institutions,” Anwar told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Tuesday.

“Political leaders, political elites who continue to rort without [sic] impunity, they think that they’re invincible and above the law, [but] now, the message is very clear,” he said.

“Credit must be given to the ‘rakyat’ [the people], who decided, and therefore we have to continue.”

A rort refers to a fraudulent or dishonest act or scheme.

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