The High Court of Malaysia on March 3 acquitted former Prime Minister Najib Razak of audit tampering, but he will continue to serve his 12-year prison term from another case.
A court of appeal in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on December 8 upheld former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12 imprisonment sentence over his scandal at 1Malaysia Development Berhad sovereign wealth fund that contributed to his government’s downfall in 2018.
Singapore has recently returned to Malaysia about 16.3 million USD linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal at the state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said on November 19.
Malaysia has paid more than 102 million SGD (76.3 million USD) in compensation to Singapore for the terminated Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, ministers from both countries said on March 29.
The High Court of Singapore on October 6 started a hearing on Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's defamation suit against blogger and financial adviser Leong Sze Hian.
The High Court of Malaysia has agreed to postpone Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund (1MDB) trial as the former Prime Minister is currently under 14-day home quarantine following his return from Sabah, the state with the highest COVID-19 tally in the country, on September 27.
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was found guilty of all seven charges in his first corruption trial on July 28 involving millions of ringgit linked to state development fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
A Malaysian court on July 22 ordered former Prime Minister Najib Razak, related to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund, to settle 1.69 billion ringgit (397.41 million USD) in unpaid taxes over seven years while he was still in office, the National News Agency Bernama of Malaysia reported.
Malaysia would reject a settlement offer of 3 billion USD from Goldman Sachs related to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) financial scandal, said Finance Minister Zafrul Aziz.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) on April 14 said it has repatriated another 300 million USD recovered from asset seizures linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) to the Southeast Asian nation.
The high-profile trial of Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is facing corruption and money laundering charges relating to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds, has been postponed again.
Malaysia has recovered 1.4 billion ringgit (323 million USD) stolen from the country’s development fund 1MDB, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's office said on March 17.
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak appeared on February 19 to confirm that Malaysian officials had suspected a criminal plot in the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Rosmah Mansor, was absent at her corruption trial on February 3 due to health problem, the New Strait Times reported.
A Malaysia court on November 11 ordered the country’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak to present his defence against seven charges in a case linked to a scandal surrounding the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund.
Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has affirmed that former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government led by the National Front showed the lack of transparency in property transactions worth over 4 billion USD during the 2010 – 2017 period.
The High Court of Malaysia on August 28 started a hearing on the corruption charges against former Prime Minister Najib Razak in relation to state investment fund 1 Malaysian Development Berhad (1MDB).
A Malaysian court has postponed for a week the biggest of five trials linked to a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal at the state fund 1MDB and allegedly involving former Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Singapore is returning almost 40 million USD to Malaysia seized in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (MDB) scandal, Singaporean police said on July 18.
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