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Najib found guilty of all charges in first of five 1MDB-related trials
High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali found Najib guilty on Tuesday (July 28) but did not release a verdict. The verdict will be delivered at 4pm.
July 28, 2020
Malaysia
Khazanah pursuing long-term targets on refreshed mandate
Those who have been paying attention would remember that Khazanah’s headline RM6.271 billion pretax losses for 2018 had followed a strategic review of its investments, which resulted in a RM7.3 billion impairment provision that year.
March 13, 2020
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A tale of greed and corruption
It has been a decade since the 1MDB fund was established. In this time, billions of dollars were lost to greed and deceit. The ongoing trial of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has hogged headlines for the past year. Will Malaysia find eventual
December 27, 2019
1MDB Watch
Najib takes stand, denies everything
SINGAPORE (Dec 9): On Dec 3, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Abdul Razak took the stand as the first witness in his trial for seven counts of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money-laundering of RM42 million from SRC International, a sub
December 06, 2019
1MDB Watch
Malaysia seeks 1MDB funds from Najib's brother, ex-minister
(Oct 7): Malaysia is asking the brother of ex-premier Najib Razak and former cabinet ministers to return funds believed to have come from 1MDB or risk being prosecuted.
October 07, 2019
1MDB Watch
Goldman Sachs wants 1MDB money returned to Malaysians
SINGAPORE (Sept 30): Amid what has turned out to be a week of explosive revelations from a former CEO of the troubled 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), investment bank Goldman Sachs Group now wants to make amends for its role in the scandal that saw RM
September 27, 2019
1MDB Watch
China-funded megaprojects were to have 'saved' 1MDB, Malaysian court told
SINGAPORE (Sept 9): A key witness in the trial of former prime minister of Malaysia Najib Abdul Razak over the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal has revealed the wheeling and dealing that Najib had done with China to “save” the sinking 1MDB.
September 06, 2019
1MDB Watch
Najib asked aide, Jho Low to cut rail and pipeline deals with China to bail out 1MDB, SRC
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had told his special officer and fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, to cut infrastructure deals involving rail and gas pipelines with China's state-owned enterprises to bai
September 04, 2019
1MDB Watch
Largest-ever graft trial in Malaysia’s history begins
SINGAPORE (Sept 2): All eyes are once again on former Malaysian prime minister Najib Abdul Razak as he appears for the first hearing of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial — his second corruption case, in which he faces four charges of abuse of p
August 30, 2019
Malaysia
Rough road to national reform in Malaysia
SINGAPORE (Sept 2): Who would have thought that as Malaysia celebrates its second Merdeka Day since voting in a new government, the question on everyone’s lips would be whether the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition will survive the next general election?
August 30, 2019