A heavy lockdown and spains catalonia region if the latest surgeon brought a virus infections is not brought under control. And mourning the conscience of Congress Civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u. S. Capital. We begin this hour with breaking news out of malaysia a court has found former Prime Minister najib razak guilty of one count of abuse of power in this trial is accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from a solvent wealth fund is facing 6 other charges including some that carry a possible 20 Year Prison Sentence he denies any wrongdoing flaws lloyd joins us now live from kuala lumpur fons whats the latest was happening of course. Well the judge is still reading out a verdict the 7 charges all together in this case hes been found guilty of one charge thats abuse of power the prosecutions case has was that used his position of power to lead the government to issue guarantees and in exchange for that he had received 48. 00 he had received 10000000.
Effort to develop a vaccine but numbers of infections from the virus continue to run its. Losing their homes and their livelihoods hundreds of thousands in bangladesh wait for much needed assistance amid rising flood gates. And mourning the conscience of Congress Civil rights leader john lewis lies in state of the west and. We begin in malaysia where in just the last hour a court has found former Prime Minister najib razak guilty on all 7 charges and this 1st trial links to the one m. T. B. Scandal on top was facing charges of criminal breach of trust Money Laundering abuse of power hes denied any wrongdoing and to faces several other trials its alleged hundreds of millions of dollars from the state fund made their way into hits accounts fonts louis joins us now live from Kuala Lumpur Florence are guilty across the board was this expected. Well i think the world the judge is basically in reading out his judgment and hes saying that the nut jobs defense lawyers were not able to show rea
Charges and they carry very heavy penalties. They range from 15 to 20 years in prison he could also be fined 5 times up to the amount that hes received so it could run into tens of millions of dollars now were not sure when sentencing is going to take place the judge could defer that to a later date but well have to wait and see but for now we know that hes guilty of all 7 charges but this is only the 1st of several trials that knowledge it faces in relation to the one m. T. V. Corruption scandal and this trial only concerns the 10000000. 00 he said to have received or hes received the judge that from s. R. C. International a former Subsidiary Company off one m. T. B. A notch it is no longer the leader thats the United Malays National organization the dominant party in malaysian politics but he still enjoys very strong support within the party and also outside of that policy and we saw how high ranking officials including the Party President what court to support not just on tuesday no
Livelihoods hundreds of thousands in bangladesh wait for help in rising flood waters. Also logging on to learn a few can afford it most nigerian children are missing out as schools stay closed. But asias former Prime Minister najib razak has been found guilty of 7 corruption charges the verdict comes from the 1st trial linked to the one m. T. B. State Investment Fund scandal when he was in power and as you pointed used to die any wrongdoing and says he will appeal this 1st case centered on the transfer of nearly 10000000. 00 from a unit of one and d b into now personal accounts hes been convicted of abuse of power 3 counts of criminal breach of trust us and 3 counts of Money Laundering that he launched one n. D. B. As a state Investment Fund when he was Prime Minister in 2009 farms louise joining us live from kuala lumpur finds us talk us through whats been happening in court 1st of all. Well the judge took a couple of hours to read out his verdict and he found not guilty on all 7 coun
Waters end. And logging on to learn if you can afford it but most nigerian children are missing out as schools stay closed. His former Prime Minister najib razak has been sentenced to 12 use in jail after he was convicted of corruption the verdict was delivered in the 1st child linked to the one m. T. B. State Investment Fund scandal joining his time in power he was found guilty of all 7 charges and fined close to 50000000. 00 u. S. Dollars he continues to deny any wrongdoing and says he will appeal this is the 1st case centered on the transfer of nearly 10000000. 00 from a unit of one and d. B. Internet jeeves personal accounts is being convicted of abuse of power 3 counts of criminal breach of trust. And 3 counts of Money Laundering jihad launched one d. B. As a state Investment Fund when he was Prime Minister in 2009 ok lets go across to florence louie whos joining us live from kuala lumpur and just bring us up to date with whats been happening right so we know that the judge has se