Malaysia’s King Sultan Ibrahim has warned that challenging his order to put jailed ex-prime minister Najib Razak under house arrest could be seen as defying the king’s decree. The warning came a day after the attorney general postponed Najib’s transfer to home detention, following a court decision clearing him for house arrest on Friday. The conditional pardon granted by the king in September allowed Najib to serve the rest of his sentence at home after he paid a $12m fine. The king said there was “nothing to clarify” about the conditional pardon, calling it “clear, evident and without any ambiguity”. He added there should be no confusion over interpretation, and that any argument questioning the order would mean denying the order of His Majesty the King. Najib’s lawyers responded on Saturday, thanking the monarch and saying there was “no basis” to keep him in prison. They demanded authorities transfer him immediately to his residence at Jalan Langgak Duta to serve his house arrest. The Attorney General’s Office then issued its own statement, saying it was not aimed at blocking or denying the conditional pardon order. The office said it was seeking to avoid a conflict in the implementation of the orders in force and to ensure no sentence was implemented unlawfully. It later said the attorney general was seeking an audience with the king to “seek pardon” and express an intent to comply, while insisting legal questions remained matters only a court could decide. The house arrest order applies only to Najib’s first conviction. He faces an additional 15 years in prison after his house arrest ends, linked to another 1MDB case. He is appealing that verdict. Malaysia’s king role is largely ceremonial but includes authority to grant pardons under the constitution’s discretionary powers. The next development is whether the attorney general’s office acts to transfer Najib to his home under the king’s order.