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
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Al jazeera. And. Honoring a champion of Civil Rights Activism mourners in the u. S. Pay tribute to john lewis but will his body is laid to rest how will his legacy shape the black lives matter a movement this is inside story. Of that welcome to the program im nora a lifetime civil rights leader in the u. S. Who inspired the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights act the last of the big 6 rights leaders led by Martin Luther king jr and hailed as the conscience of Congress John lewis is being remembered in a 6 Day Memorial Service that follows his journey through life the 17 term congressman from georgia died of pancreatic cancer on the 17th of july at the age of 80 hell be laid to rest in a private sammy atlanta on thursday they are Holding Reports its a homecoming for an American Hero the body of civil rights icon john Lewis Crossing the Edmund Pettus bridge in his home state of alabama it was on this bridge in 1965 during a civil rights march by hundreds of activists that a Police Officer
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