KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): Ousted Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been summoned by the anti-graft agency amid a probe into troubled state fund 1MDB, sources said on Friday, after police launched pre-dawn raids on premises linked to Najib and confiscated jewelry, luxury handbags and cash.

Police have been searching Najib’s home and other places as part of an investigation into scandal-plagued 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), an extraordinary turn of events that few would have predicted before his shock defeat in the May 9 general election.

The embattled former premier is to meet Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers on Tuesday.

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