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Malaysia 1MDB scandal

Former Malaysian PM Najib’s 12-year corruption conviction upheld over 1MDB scandal

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is to serve 12 years in prison, after losing a final appeal over his corruption conviction related to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal on August 23, 2022. In 2020, the former Malaysian leader was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 210 million ringgit (US$46.79 million). Najib faces further charges in four other trials related to 1MDB.

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Goldman Sachs agreed to pay nearly US$3 billion to settle a probe into its role in Malaysia’s 1MDB corruption scandal on October 22, 2020. Under the terms, Goldman was slapped with a US$2.3 billion...02:52
Malaysia 1MDB scandal
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A Malaysian court on July 28, 2020, sentenced former prime minister Najib Razak to 12 years in jail and fined him 210 million ringgit (US$49.3 million) in the first of five criminal trials linking...01:43
Malaysia 1MDB scandal
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Malaysia 1MDB scandal
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Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested nearly two months after his defeat in the general election. He faces charges of criminal breach of trust and corruption, each carrying a...03:04
Malaysia 1MDB scandal
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Malaysia 1MDB scandal
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Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak failed in his latest, and last, attempt to quash his corruption conviction on March 31, 2023, as the country’s highest court upheld its decision to send...01:56
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