The High Court has sentenced former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak to 15 years’ imprisonment for each of his four abuse of power charges in the 1MDB case, and five years each for the 21 charges of money laundering. 

Presiding judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah, in announcing the sentences, however, ordered that the jail terms run concurrently, meaning Najib would only have to serve 15 years’ imprisonment for the 25 offences committed.

The jail term...