Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak, was charged on Wednesday with accepting a bribe in relation to a government solar power project. Rosmah Mansor was charged with accepting a 5 million ringgit (USD $1.2 million) payment through her aide from a manager at Jepak Holdings as a kickback for helping secure [...]
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Malaysia court postpones former prime minister's corruption trial
A Malaysian court on Monday postponed the trial set for Tuesday against former prime minister Najib Razak for money laundering and corruption-related charges, while seven of the charges are brought before the High Court. The charges were brought against Razak under the Malaysian constitution, Criminal Procedure Code and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Act of 2009. In May Razak was [...]
Former DOJ employee pleads guilty to conspiracy in case related to Malaysia development scandal
George Higginbotham, a former Senior Congressional Affairs Specialist in the US Department of Justice (DOJ), pleaded guilty Friday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to conspiracy to make false statements to a bank. The former DOJ employee admitted to facilitating the transfer of millions of dollars meant as payments to lobbyists who [...]
Rosmah Mansour, wife of ousted Malaysian prime Minister Najib Razak, was formally charged Wednesday, along with three others, on two counts of corruption at the Kuala Lampur Sessions Court. Early last month Mansour pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of corruption and money laundering. Her husband was charged with similar crimes in July. These charges [...]
Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak faces additional corruption charges
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was hit with additional corruption charges Wednesday in relation to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. The 1MDB scandal involved Malaysian government officials, including Razak himself, allegedly siphoning money from the 1MDB development bank for their own personal gains. In May Razak was defeated in a snap election by Mahathir Mohammad [...]
Malaysia ex-PM's wife pleads not guilty to corruption charges
Rosmah Mansor, wife of ousted Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, pleaded not guilty Thursday to 17 counts of money laundering. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, a government agency tasked with preventing fraud, announced Mansor’s arrest on Wednesday. Mansor, 66, was brought to the Sessions Court of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia’s capital) Thursday morning where she pleaded not [...]
The Malaysian Anticorruption Commission (MAC) brought additional charges against former prime minster Najib Razak on Thursday. The former prime minster was arrested and brought before the Kuala Lumpur Session Court to hear more than 20 corruption charges against him. The additional charges against Razak were made pursuant to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, Prevention of Terrorism Financing and Revenue [...]
An attempt by Malaysia’s lower house of parliament to repeal a law against “fake news” was blocked by an opposition-run Senate vote on Wednesday. The vote from the upper house is the first major challenge against Malaysia’s newly re-elected Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad. Mohamad, who was elected earlier this year, conducted large changes to the [...]
Malaysia’s parliament on Thursday repealed a controversial law that set fines for “fake news.” The law was introduced in April by the administration of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. The previous administration called snap elections in May shortly after passing the “fake news law” and was subsequently defeated. In the aftermath of the [...]
Former Malaysia prime minister pleads not guilty to three counts of money laundering
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to three counts of money laundering on Wednesday. On Tuesday the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Committee indicated that Razak would be charged under the country’s Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 on Wednesday. The charges arise from a scandal involving the the 1 Malaysian Development Berhad (1MDB) , [...]