THE rumbles started almost from the moment news broke that former premier Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak would be opening the World Chinese Economic Forum.
The decision by a Beijing-backed forum to feature disgraced former premier Najib Razak as its keynote speaker has sparked fierce criticism among some in Malaysia's business and diplomatic community. Najib, who was convicted of seven charges related to scandal-hit state fund 1MDB that carry a 12-year jail term, delivered the address at the 2021 World Chinese Economic Forum (WCEF) on.