KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 -- Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has stopped his court attempt to be put on house arrest in the SRC case, which means he is no longer asking the courts to enable him to spend the rest of his six-year jail term at home.

The goal of Najib's appeal was to be allowed to serve the remainder of his term at his Kuala Lumpur home, instead of Kajang Prison.

But Najib has now dropped or cancelled this appeal, and continues to remain in prison.

Based on court documents sighted by Malay Mail, the law firm representing Najib (Shafee & Co) had on April 3 informed the Court of Appeal that it was filing a Notice of Discontinuance for the appeal.

In the notice of discontinuance dated April 2, there was only one se...