Najib Razak says 1MDB’s former CEO Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi and the company’s management team must be held accountable.

1MDB TRIAL | Najib Abdul Razak testified in the Kuala Lumpur High Court today that he never issued direction or exerted ...

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today denied that he had intended in 2009 to pressure government-owned 1Malaysia ...

Jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will step into the witness stand today to defend himself against 25 ...

Tommy Thomas has cited ex-premier Najib Abdul Razak’s prime facie 1MDB ruling to bolster his claim that the ex-attorney-general discharged his duty with no malice. In an affidavit filed at the ...

The South China Morning Post quoted him thus: “Najib made a statement, ‘I apologize for what happened with 1MDB’ and so on…I’m the prime minister, the father of the nation. When someone ...

A Malaysian court on Wednesday delivered a fresh blow to efforts by former leader Najib Razak to end a five-year trial over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, ordering him to enter a ...

Najib Razak has pleaded not guilty to 25 new charges linked to the multi-billion-dollar 1MBD scandal. The charges were laid after a Kuala Lumpur court determined the prosecution had established a ...

His gesture - seen by many as a bid for redemption prior to a court ruling on Wednesday (Oct 30) in another case linked to the 1MDB scandal - has raised eyebrows. It seeks to tap into a pathway of ...

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The hearing came just days after Najib issued an apology that the 1MDB scandal happened during his tenure, but maintained he had no knowledge of illegal transfers from the now-defunct state fund.

whether he will be acquitted or called to enter his defence on four counts of abusing his position for the gratification of RM2.28bil from the coffers of 1MDB and 21 counts of money laundering ...