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Malaysia investigators said to meet Singapore on 1MDB probe
(May 31): Malaysian officials probing state investment company 1MDB are meeting with investigators from Singapore, people familiar with the matter said, signalling that Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s administration will cooperate with probes underway
May 31, 2018
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'It is a much more difficult task (than in 1981)': Dr M
(May 28): How come there are so many of you from The Edge here?” Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad asks as he sits down. There are seven of us, including two videographers and one photographer.
May 28, 2018
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Justo meets Dr Mahathir
PETALING JAYA (May 21): Former PetroSaudi International executive Xavier Andre Justo, who released hundreds of thousands of emails which led to worldwide investigations involving 1MDB and its business partners, yesterday met Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir
May 21, 2018
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Auditor-General's 1MDB report made public
SINGAPORE (May 21): On May 15, Malaysia’s national audit department announced that a formerly classified report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd had been reclassified as an open document. The audit department commenced its audit of 1MDB on March 10, 2015 us
May 18, 2018
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Declassified report on Malaysia's 1MDB shows funding anomalies
(May 16): A newly-declassified report on scandal-plagued Malaysia state fund 1MDB shows investigators expressed widespread concern about anomalies in its accounts, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad accelerates efforts to reopen probes into the company an
May 16, 2018
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Jho Low ordered to hand over superyacht in US forfeiture suit
(May 16): Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho was ordered to turn over his US$250 million ($336 million) yacht "Equanimity" to the US authorities who plan to sail it from Indonesia and sell it in the US.
May 16, 2018
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Singapore authorities ready to assist further in 1MDB probe
SINGAPORE (May 16): Singapore authorities say they are fully prepared to extend further assistance to Malaysia's new government with their investigations into funds stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
May 16, 2018
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US judge denies request for Jho Low to hold on to seized superyacht
(Apr 4): The US$250 million ($327.7 million) yacht the Justice Department claims Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho bought with stolen government funds can be sailed from Indonesia to the US, a judge said.
April 04, 2018
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1MDB mastermind Jho Low rubbishes US plan to move seized superyacht
(Mar 28): Low Taek Jho, the Malaysian financier accused by the US of orchestrating a scheme to siphon US$4.5 billion ($6 billion) from a government fund, is baulking at Justice Department plans to move his US$250 million yacht to the US from Indonesia.
March 28, 2018
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'Wolf of Wall Street' producer agrees to $60 mil settlement over 1MDB scandal
(Mar 7): The producer of the "Wolf of Wall Street" agreed to pay US$60 million ($79 million) to settle claims it financed the movie with money siphoned from a Malaysian state investment fund.
March 07, 2018