Najib Razak
Wife of Malaysia’s ex-prime minister gets ten years’ jail time
The wife of the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, Rosmah Mansor, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for soliciting and receiving...
Malaysia’s ex-prime minister Najib Razak finally goes to jail
Najib Razak, prime minister of Malaysia between 2009 and 2018, has finally been sent to jail to start serving a 12-year sentence for his...
Politics unchained: PacMan to run for Philippine president, Najib seeks return to Malaysian parliament
Philippine boxing legend-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao, nicknamed PacMan, declared on September 19 that he decided to run for president of the Philippine in the 2022...
Malaysia’s ex-premier Najib to get economic advisory role in government
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak who has been entangled in the corruption scandal surrounding state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has been...
The race is on for Malaysia’s new prime minister, and Najib Razak is seen as contender
Malaysia's parliament is proposing the new prime minister to the monarch
Malaysia could get a new prime minister...
Malaysia sues large global banks, ex-PM to recover billions from 1MDB debacle
Construction site site in Kuala Lumpur for one of 1MDB's urban projects
Malaysia is suing units of Deutsche...
Malaysia’s ex-premier Najib Razak receives bankruptcy notice from taxman
Najib Razak, ex-prime minister of Malaysia
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak said he has received a bankruptcy...
Former Malaysian PM gets 12 years jail, $50-million fine in 1MDB trial
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in a verdict on July 28 has been found guilty on...
Malaysia’s ex-leader Najib Razak awaits verdict in first 1MDB trial
A Malaysian court is expected to hand down its verdict in former prime minister Najib Razak’s first...
Malaysia’s ex-PM ordered Mongolian model’s murder, former bodyguard claims
A Malaysian police officer and ex-bodyguard on death row for
the 2006 slaying of a Mongolian model has...
Graft trial of Malaysia’s ex-PM to begin in August
A trial of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak on charges of corruption and money laundering involving state...
Singapore, US to return $226 million in 1MDB funds to Malaysia
The Malaysian government will be returned a total of around 936 million ringgit ($226 million) in misappropriated...
Formula 1 could start all over in Malaysia
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on April 18 said
the government intends to bring back the Formula One...
Malaysia’s eastern railway project back on track
Malaysia will resume work on the multi-billion dollar East Coast Rail Link after negotiations with the China...
Malaysia’s ex-PM not amused about huge tax bill
Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak disputed a hefty new tax bill shortly before the start of his...
Malaysia’s ex-PM hit with more charges in 1MDB scandal – trial begins on Feb. 12
Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak has been charged with three more counts of money laundering amounting to $11.6 million. He pleaded not guilty...
Murdered Mongolian’s family seeks justice from Malaysia as lawsuit finally starts
The family of a Mongolian woman whose killing was allegedly linked to Malaysia's toppled leader is hoping for justice in a civil lawsuit that...
Malaysia insists Goldman Sachs pays back $7.5 billion in 1MDB case
Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng says his government insists on reclaiming $7.5 billion from US financial firm Goldman Sachs in reparations over the...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...