A high court in Malaysia has cleared all legal hurdles for former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve the rest of his graft sentence under house arrest, ABC News reported. The wire report describes the court's action as clearing the final hurdle to the transfer.

The New York Times reported that Najib Razak, a former prime minister of Malaysia, was released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence in his mansion. The Times report described him as a leader who was brought down in the "multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal," and it was bylined to Zunaira Saieed and Richard C. Paddock.

The two accounts agree on the outcome, which is house arrest for the remainder of the sentence, but they differ in emphasis. ABC News focused on the high court clearing the legal obstacles, while The New York Times focused on Najib Razak's release from prison. Neither summary describes the court's reasoning.

ABC News described the arrangement as covering the rest of a graft sentence, and The New York Times described the location as his mansion. The summaries do not say when the court acted or when the release took place, and they include no further details about the terms of the house arrest.

Sources: ABC News: Malaysian high court clears final hurdle for former Prime Minister Najib's transfer to house arrest; The New York Times: Najib Razak, Ex-Prime Minister of Malaysia, Is Released to House Arrest.