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'I was told to leave Malaysia amid 1MDB probe', says former SRC International director
KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): Former SRC International Sdn Bhd director Datuk Suboh Mohd Yassin told the High Court yesterday that he was directed to leave the country at the height of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal in 2015.
June 21, 2019
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Ex-SRC chairman: Najib directed bulk of RM2 bil funds from KWAP to be transferred overseas
KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): After getting the first RM2 billion ($655 million) loan from Pensioners Trust Fund Inc (KWAP) for SRC International Sdn Bhd, former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak asked that a total of RM1.8 billion of the funds to be transferred o
June 11, 2019
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Investigators say US$248 mil in illicit 1MDB funds flowed through Singapore banks
SINGAPORE (May 27): Two hundred and twelve Hermès handbags valued at an estimated RM47 million (RM15.5 million) were among the 306 handbags found at a luxury condominium last year. They are now part of a multimillion-ringgit forfeiture suit filed by the
May 27, 2019
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Putrajaya files forfeiture suit against Najib, Rosmah over items bought with stolen 1MDB funds
KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): The Government and the police have filed a civil forfeiture suit against former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and several others in relation to jewellery, cash, handbags and luxury vehicles said to
May 08, 2019
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US begins return of US$200 mil in 1MDB funds to Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): The US government has begun returning to Malaysia some US$200 million ($272.5 million) recovered from asset seizures linked to state fund 1MDB, with about a quarter of the amount already repatriated, the two countries said on Tuesday
May 07, 2019
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Singapore said to send money from ex-Goldman banker to Malaysia
(May 5): Singaporean authorities are preparing to return about $35 million surrendered by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Roger Ng and his family in connection with the 1MDB scandal to Malaysia, according to people familiar with the matter.
May 03, 2019
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Here's why High Court dismissed Najib's bid to strike out SRC charges
KUALA LUMPUR (Apr 29): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed in his bid to strike out all his seven charges in relation to the misappropriation of SRC International Sdn Bhd's funds of RM42 million ($13.8 million).
April 30, 2019
Malaysia
Najib’s trial starts to lay out money trail
SINGAPORE (Apr 22): Witnesses in the trial of Malaysia’s disgraced former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak have started to help piece together the money trail from SRC International that allegedly led to his personal accounts in a local bank.
April 22, 2019
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'Najib is not above the law,' says Malaysia's Attorney General
KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): The trial of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the former Prime Minister and Finance Minister, is a demonstration that everyone is equal before the law, said Attorney General Tommy Thomas in his opening statement.
April 03, 2019
1MDB Watch
Najib's first 1MDB trial starts today in key test for Malaysia
(Apr 3): The first of many trials for Malaysia’s former premier Najib Razak will serve as a key test of the nation’s readiness to get to the bottom of the 1MDB scandal.
April 03, 2019