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Azalina: Over US$1.37b in 1MDB-linked assets returned by US, more still tied up overseas

KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — More than US$1.37 billion in assets linked to the misappropriation of 1Malaysia Developmen...

Najib in the dock: High Court hears betrayal of rakyat in alleged US$5.64b 1MDB fraud

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — The High Court heard today that 1MDB and its four subsidiaries are set to prove that former...

Singapore’s DBS sued for US$1 billion in alleged 1MDB-linked claim

Singapore’s DBS Bank is being sued for an estimated S$1.298 billion (US$1.03 billion) in damages linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS...

Former investment bank CEO among three to face MACC charges involving over RM136m

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 — Three individuals, including a former chief executive officer (CEO) of an investment bank,...

Anger in Malaysia as Liow’s money-laundering charges dropped after US$2.4 million fine

The revelation that an alleged Malaysian scam kingpin was released after paying 10 million ringgit (US$2.4 million) fine has sparked public outrage over claims of preferential trea...

1MDB ex-CEO says he took Jho Low’s word on Petrosaudi deal

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibra...

Malaysia’s US$47 million investment in Indonesian start-up revealed as fraud

The Retirement Fund Incorporated’s (KWAP) US$47.7 million investment in Indonesian agritech start-up eFishery was the victim of an orchestrated fraud, Malaysia’s finance ministry h...

MACC pursues documents from Dubai, Singapore and Indonesia as KWAP investment probe widens

MELAKA, July 28 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has identified Dubai, Singapore and Indonesia as...

Malaysia investigates state pension’s failed eFishery investment

Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency has opened an investigation into losses tied to state pension fund Kumpulan Wang Persaraan Diperbadankan’s investment in failed Indonesian agritec...

Penang land scandal: MACC arrests government agency chairman, four others over undervalued sales

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained five individuals, including th...

1MDB civil trial: Shahrol Azral denies Jho Low acted as PM, insists Najib briefed indirectly

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azra...

Umno heavyweight charged in Malaysian haj fund scandal as party eyes comeback

Former Malaysian pilgrimage fund chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to abusing his position to secure a lucrative corporate post and influence a 193.5...

1MDB ex-CEO Shahrol says no deal to escape US$5.64b civil suit, no explanation given too

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azra...

MACC steps in over KWAP’s RM200m investment loss linked to Indonesia’s eFishery

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has launched an investigation into the RM2...

Former CEO unaware why 1MDB accused him of fraud in separate suit, court hears

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 — Former Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief executive officer Datuk Shahrol Azral...

Former TH chairman Abdul Azeez charged with abuse of power involving RM190m investment

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — Former Lembaga Tabung Haji chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim was charged today wi...

MACC arrests former CEO, CFO over alleged abuse of power in RM370m plantation deal

 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested the former chief exe...

Muhyiddin’s trial: Company MD says he borrowed RM19.5m to donate to Bersatu at request of ‘Datuk’

KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — Construction company Mamfor Sdn Bhd managing director Shahradzi Shamsuddin today said a ma...

Former Malaysian minister arrested in state haj fund corruption probe

A former Malaysian minister has been remanded for five days as part of an anti-corruption inquiry into the management of the country’s state haj fund. The suspect, who is in his si...

1MDB audit excluded Najib’s personal bank accounts, Tony Pua tells court

 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — The High Court here today heard that the Auditor-General’s interim report s...

Tabung Haji lost RM145.3m from Putrajaya Perdana investment linked to 1MDB, Dewan Rakyat told

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Lembaga Tabung Haji’s (TH) investment in Putrajaya Perdana ultimately dragged it into...

1MDB strikes a deal to drop its civil suit against former CFO, trial continues for Najib and five others

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and its former chief financial officer (CFO) Radhi Moha...

Malaysian ex-PM Ismail Sabri charged with failing to declare assets

Company’s RM19.5m donation to Bersatu was due to project award after Muhyiddin’s minutes, MD says

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 —  Construction company Mamfor Sdn Bhd’s managing director Shahradzi Shamsuddin s...