New multi-billion scandal of former Malaysian government exposed
Malaysia’s new finance minister Lim Guan Eng on June 5 said he will report to the anti-graft agency upfront payments of 9.4 billion ringgit ($2.36 billion) the previous administration made to a Chinese...
View Article1MDB-linked land deal brings Malaysia’s central bank governor down
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad accepted on June 6 the resignation of the country’s central bank governor Muhammad Ibrahim which the latter offered on the previous day, reportedly in...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-PM faces charges for playing ‘central role” in 1MDB scandal
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak will likely be facing multiple charges including for alleged embezzlement and bribery with government money following a probe into suspicions that he was...
View ArticleKuala Lumpur’s new financial district “can be profitable”: Ex-PM Najib
Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) City, the new financial district in Kuala Lumpur launched by the government of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, will be completed using fresh government funds of...
View ArticleThe deep fall of a leader: Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib detained
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested by anti-corruption investigators on July 3 at his home in Kuala Lumpur and graft charges would be brought in against on the following day,...
View ArticleIndonesia hands over 1MDB-linked luxury yacht amid ongoing investigations
Indonesia has returned to Malaysia the luxury yacht “Equanimity” linked to the multi-billion dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-PM Najib faces 125 years jail time if found guilty on all 1MDB...
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak could be jailed up to 125 years and fined a total of 210 million ringgit ($51.6 million) if found guilty of corruption, money laundering and other cases in...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-PM detained over mysterious $628-million transfer
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was arrested on September 19 over allegations that $628 million linked to state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) ended up in his personal...
View ArticleNajib could spend rest of his life in jail if found guilty – Rosmah next to...
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty on September 20 to no less than 21 counts of money laundering and four counts of abuse of power, the highest number of charges brought...
View Article“Malaysia’s Imelda” likely to be charged for money laundering
Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak who is embroiled in the multi-billion fraud scandal surrounding state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), has been called to...
View ArticleMalaysia Ex-PM’s wife Rosmah arrested, to be charged with money laundering
Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak, has been detained on October 3 by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). According to a press statement, she was arrested...
View ArticleMore charges against Malaysia’s former first lady
Malaysia will file additional charges against Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, the anti-graft agency said on November 14, as authorities step up corruption investigations...
View ArticleMalaysia insists Goldman Sachs pays back $7.5 billion in 1MDB case
Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng says his government insists on reclaiming $7.5 billion from US financial firm Goldman Sachs in reparations over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal,...
View ArticleMurdered Mongolian’s family seeks justice from Malaysia as lawsuit finally...
The family of a Mongolian woman whose killing was allegedly linked to Malaysia’s toppled leader is hoping for justice in a civil lawsuit that started this week, their lawyers said on January 25....
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-PM hit with more charges in 1MDB scandal – trial begins on Feb. 12
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has been charged with three more counts of money laundering amounting to $11.6 million. He pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to him before...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-PM not amused about huge tax bill
Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak disputed a hefty new tax bill shortly before the start of his first trial related to corruption charges involving state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd . It came in...
View ArticleMalaysia’s eastern railway project back on track
Malaysia will resume work on the multi-billion dollar East Coast Rail Link after negotiations with the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) and Beijing brought the cost down by a third. The...
View ArticleFormula 1 could start all over in Malaysia
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on April 18 said the government intends to bring back the Formula One race due to the interest it has generated in the automotive industry among Malaysians as...
View ArticleSingapore, US to return $226 million in 1MDB funds to Malaysia
The Malaysian government will be returned a total of around 936 million ringgit ($226 million) in misappropriated funds from scandal-ridden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), according to...
View ArticleGraft trial of Malaysia’s ex-PM to begin in August
A trial of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak on charges of corruption and money laundering involving state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) will begin on August 19, local media...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-PM ordered Mongolian model’s murder, former bodyguard claims
A Malaysian police officer and ex-bodyguard on death row for the 2006 slaying of a Mongolian model has accused Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak of ordering him to kill the woman, according...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-leader Najib Razak awaits verdict in first 1MDB trial
A Malaysian court is expected to hand down its verdict in former prime minister Najib Razak’s first corruption trial on July 28, nearly 16 months after investigations began into his role in the...
View ArticleFormer Malaysian PM gets 12 years jail, $50-million fine in 1MDB trial
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in a verdict on July 28 has been found guilty on all seven charges in the first trial on the multi-billion dollar financial scandal surrounding state fund...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-premier Najib Razak receives bankruptcy notice from taxman
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak said he has received a bankruptcy notice from tax authorities for failing to pay a tax bill of 1.74 billion ringgit ($421 million), Bloomberg News reported....
View ArticleMalaysia sues large global banks, ex-PM to recover billions from 1MDB debacle
Malaysia is suing units of Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and private bank Coutts and a number of individuals including the country’s former prime minister Najib Razak to recover some more parts of losses...
View ArticleThe race is on for Malaysia’s new prime minister, and Najib Razak is seen as...
Malaysia could get a new prime minister as early as this week after the abrupt resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on August 16, with 220 members of parliament seeking to find...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-premier Najib to get economic advisory role in government
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak who has been entangled in the corruption scandal surrounding state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has been offered a role to advise the...
View ArticlePolitics unchained: PacMan to run for Philippine president, Najib seeks...
Philippine boxing legend-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao, nicknamed PacMan, declared on September 19 that he decided to run for president of the Philippine in the 2022 elections, ending months of...
View ArticleMalaysia’s ex-prime minister Najib Razak finally goes to jail
Najib Razak, prime minister of Malaysia between 2009 and 2018, has finally been sent to jail to start serving a 12-year sentence for his role in the massive corruption scandal involving the country’s...
View ArticleWife of Malaysia’s ex-prime minister gets ten years’ jail time
The wife of the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, Rosmah Mansor, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for soliciting and receiving bribes in exchange for government contracts. The...
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