The 69-year-old Najib became the first former prime minister to be imprisoned, four years after he was charged with corruption following his election ouster.
Malaysia’s highest court on Tuesday upheld former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year jail sentence for corruption in the 1MDB financial scandal. With
Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak began his 12-year prison sentence Tuesday after losing his final appeal in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund, with the top court unanimously upholding his conviction and sentence.