Najib Razak

Singapore, Malaysia sign final accord for high-speed rail link

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 13): Singapore and Malaysia signed a final agreement to build a high-speed rail that will link the city-state to Kuala Lumpur by December 2026.
Low Taek Jho

Jho Low family's move to claim assets rejected by US court

NEW YORK (Dec 12): A US federal judge rejected on Monday a move by family members of Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho to claim assets seized by the US government in its probe into the scandal-tainted 1MDB fund.

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Jho Low family dealt setback in move to claim assets in 1MDB probe

(Dec 8): Relatives of a Malaysian financier at the center of the 1MDB fund scandal were dealt a setback in their efforts to claim assets seized by the US government when a federal judge denied a motion that would have given them time to try their luck in
Najib Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Najib asks West to stop 'lecturing' as Malaysia embraces China

(Nov 2): Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said that former colonial powers should not lecture countries they once exploited on their internal affairs, a Chinese newspaper reported on Wednesday, in a veiled attack on the West as he looks to strengthen
1MDB: The inside story of the world’s biggest financial scandal

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1MDB: The inside story of the world’s biggest financial scandal

(July 28): On 22 June 2015, Xavier Justo, a 48-year-old retired Swiss banker, walked towards the front door of his brand new boutique hotel on Koh Samui, a tropical Thai island. He had spent the past three years building the luxurious white-stone complex

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Jho Low gambled away millions from 1MDB funds in Las Vegas casinos: US DOJ

SINGAPORE (July 21): Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, gambled away millions of dollars which he had misappropriated from Malaysian state development fund 1MDB at Las Vegas casinos, according to the US Department of Justice.

Asia embraces bullet trains as Singapore-Malaysia deal looms

SINGAPORE (July 18): Asia is embracing bullet trains like never before.

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DBS too comes under MAS anti-money laundering probe

SINGAPORE (July 18): DBS Group is also under scrutiny by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to determine whether it broke anti-money laundering rules in handling transactions linked to scandal-hit Malaysian state fund 1MDB, three people with knowle
1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)

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6 things you need to know about Malaysia’s stunning 1MDB financial scandal

Kuala Lumpur (June 27): Malaysia has been rocked for more than a year by a financial scandal involving Prime Minister Najib Razak, a state investment firm, and an alleged frenzy of embezzlement stunning in its scope and complexity.
BSI bank

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How a 143-year-old Swiss bank took a quick road to ruin in Asia

SINGAPORE (June 10): Even in Asia’s cutthroat world of wealth management, the news of a mass defection at RBS Coutts, venerable bankers to the British royals, came as a shock.
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