1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal

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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Roger Ng Chong Hwa will return to Malaysia next March, in time for his trial for abetting the sale of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) bonds totalling US$6.5 billion.

(Oct 7): Malaysia is asking the brother of ex-premier Najib Razak and former cabinet ministers to return funds believed to have come from 1MDB or risk being prosecuted.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) loans needed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s approval, ex-1MDB chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi told the High Court here yesterday.

(Sept 18): Malaysian ruling party leader Anwar Ibrahim, who cut a deal to become the country’s next prime minister ahead of last year’s election, said he should take power around May 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had told his special officer and fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, to cut infrastructure deals involving rail and gas pipelines with China's state-owned enterprises to bai

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): At least two overseas bank accounts were opened and managed by Low Taek Jho to place political funds on behalf of Datuk Seri Najib Razak to help Barisan Nasional win Penang in the 13th General Election (GE13), the High Court was tol

(Sept 3): Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak is facing the biggest set of charges yet in his second 1MDB trial, which is set to shed light on the troubled state fund’s billion-dollar bond deals and acquisitions.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): Malaysian prosecutors on Wednesday said former prime minister Najib Razak abused his power to cover up the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars from the state-fund 1MDB and used the fund for self gratification.

(Aug 28): Malaysia’s former leader Najib Razak appeared in court Wednesday to stand trial to 25 money-laundering and corruption charges linked to 1MDB, his biggest case related to the troubled state fund.