Tag: Najib Razak

Malaysia ex-PM Najib’s biggest 1MDB trial begins

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s ex-prime minister Najib Razak played a pivotal role in plundering the state's 1MDB fund and channeled hundreds of millions of dollars...

Malaysian ex-PM, former treasury chief charged with criminal breach of trust

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his top treasury official were on Thursday charged with six counts each of criminal breach...

Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak arrested over $628 million corruption scandal, to...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak was arrested Wednesday and will be charged over allegations that $628 million linked to state investment fund...

Malaysia’s Najib pleads not guilty to money laundering as charges pile...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to money laundering charges slapped on him on Wednesday, as the country’s...

Malaysia’s former PM Najib to be charged with money laundering

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysia’s embattled former prime minister Najib Razak will be charged on Wednesday under a money-laundering act, the anti-graft agency said, in...

Former Malaysian PM pleads not guilty to charges in 1MDB graft...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to criminal charges on Wednesday related to a probe into allegations of corruption...

Malaysia’s 1MDB taskforce freezes bank accounts of former PM’s party

KUALA LUMPUR: A taskforce investigating a multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) said on Friday it had frozen bank accounts...

Malaysia arrests Najib ex-aide in 1MDB probe

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have made the first arrest in a renewed probe into the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, remanding a...

Lawyers for Malaysia’s Najib quit as his wife called before anti-graft...

KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyers representing Malaysia’s ex-premier Najib Razak said on Tuesday they had quit as Najib’s wife prepared to make a statement to anti-graft...

Malaysia anti-graft chief was ‘sent a bullet’ for investigating scandal

KUALA LUMPUR: The head of Malaysia’s anti-graft agency gave an explosive account on Tuesday of how witnesses disappeared and officers were purged and intimidated...

Hounded by graft probe, fearing safety Malaysia’s Najib seeks protection

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak fears for his safety and has asked for police protection, his spokesman said on Sunday, a...

Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib rails at police, wife warns of “public trial”

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s scandal-hit former leader Najib Razak and his wife hit out at the media and police on Saturday, after investigators seeking evidence...

Malaysia seizes cash, jewels, designer bags in raid on ex-leader

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police seized 72 suitcases stuffed with cash and jewels along with scores of designer handbags in raids on luxury properties linked...

Mahathir bars scandal-ridden Najib Razak from leaving Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's new leader, Mahathir Mohamad, said Saturday that defeated scandal-tainted prime minister Najib Razak and his wife have been barred from leaving...

Malaysia bars scandal-plagued former PM from leaving country

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities barred ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife from leaving the country on Saturday, amid reports that the government...

92-year-old Mahathir Mohamad announces candidacy for upcoming Malaysia polls

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s opposition on Sunday named former premier Mahathir Mohamad as their candidate for the island seat of Langkawi, as expected, shifting their...

Malaysia to hold general election on May 9, close contest expected

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will hold a general election on May 9, the Election Commission (EC) said on Tuesday, in what could be the toughest...