A Malaysian court acquitted former prime minister Najib Razak and the former CEO of scandal-linked state fund 1MDB of corruption charges linked to a 2016 government audit into the fund
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court on Friday acquitted jailed former prime minister Najib Razak of audit tampering in one of the many cases he faces over a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak scored a rare legal victory Friday as the country’s high court freed him from one of his cases involving troubled state fund 1MDB. Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan ruled that the prosecution had failed to adduce credible evidence that warrants a conviction for Najib in…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had in September 2009 told the 1Malaysia Development Board (1MDB) board of directors to approve a new joint venture that would eventually see the company pump in US$1 billion (RM4.2 billion), and wanted it to be signed within.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 Former auditor-general Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad today told the High Court that her predecessor Tan Sri Ambrin Buang had been reluctant to share more when she asked him about then prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s alleged involvement in 1Malaysia Development Berhad.