カテゴリー: Najib Razak
New conviction over plunder of state fund substantially increases six-year term in separate case The jailed former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to an additional 15 years after he was found guilty of abuse of power, in the big…
Rick Haythornthwaite stonewalled investigator on the trail of ‘world’s biggest financial scandal’Read more: New Natwest boss worked for oil firm under investigationOn a summer’s day in 2009 on the sparkling waters of the French Riviera, the superyacht …
Mahathir has offered to become prime minister for a third time, as campaigning in Malaysia’s general election gets under wayMahathir Mohamad, the 97-year-old elder statesman of Malaysian politics, filed his candidacy on Saturday as campaigning for the …
Rosmah Mansor convicted of receiving over £1m to help a firm get a schools business contractThe wife of the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for soliciting and receiving bribes in exchange for governm…
Federal court upholds conviction and 12-year sentence linked to fraud, saying appeal ‘devoid of any merits’Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has been ordered to begin a 12-year prison sentence after he lost his final appeal against a convict…
Elliott Broidy allegedly asked the US president to play golf with now disgraced Malaysian PM Najib Razak as part of effort to end investigationA former leading fundraiser for president Donald Trump has been indicted on a charge that he illegally lobbie…
The alleged misuse of the government fund has brought out tales of lavish spending, mass sackings and a long search for truthOriginally 1MDB – an abbreviation of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (which means limited) – was nothing more than a Malaysian sta…
Ex-Malaysian PM convicted of all seven charges in first trial linked to multibillion dollar scandal1MDB scandal explained: a tale of Malaysia’s missing billionsMalaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has been found guilty of all seven charges in h…
Malaysian former leader explains how fugitive financier Jho Low came to be linked to infrastructure fundMalaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has taken to the witness box for the first time to defend himself against charges linked to a multibill…
Malaysian Jho Low relinquishes $700m in assets as part of effort to recoup stolen cash from world’s biggest financial fraudThe Malaysian financier at the heart of the massive 1MDB graft scandal has struck a settlement to forfeit assets worth $700m incl…
Najib Razak conducted ‘elaborate charade’ to steal from state fund, trial hearsMalaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak abused his power to steal billions from the state to “enrich himself” and then conducted an elaborate charade to cover his track…
Platinum cards of former Malaysian prime minister used for spree at jeweller in Italy, say prosecutorsCredit cards belonging to the disgraced former prime minister of Malaysia were used to spend more than $800,000 at a jeweller in Italy in a single day…