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Cops raid Goldman Sachs' Malaysian law firm
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 24): Bukit Aman Commercial Crime officers are still at Goldman Sachs' Malaysian law firm Rahmat Lim & Partners, where they have been conducting a raid since morning.
January 24, 2019
1MDB Watch
Goldman CEO apologises to Malaysia for Leissner's 1MDB role
(Jan 17): Goldman Sachs Group Chief Executive Officer David Solomon apologised to the Malaysian people for the role that a senior banker at the firm, Tim Leissner, played in the 1MDB scandal.
January 17, 2019
1MDB Watch
Malaysia said to charge ex-Goldman's Ng after extradition delay
(Dec 19): Malaysian prosecutors will charge a former Goldman Sachs Group banker on Wednesday, said a person familiar with the matter, after an oversight earlier in the day delayed his extradition process to the US.
December 19, 2018
1MDB Watch
Fugitive businessman Jho Low's super-yacht will be sold for nine-digit price, says 1MDB lawyer
(Dec 5): The Equanimity super-yacht that allegedly once belonged to fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho will be sold with a nine-digit price tag before March 31, according to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) lawyer Sitpah Selvaratnam.
December 05, 2018
1MDB Watch
Najib: I doubted Tong's 'proof'
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he had rejected the “proof” of wrongdoings by 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) mastermind Low Taek Jho (Jho Low), presented to him in 2015 by The Edge Media Group chairman Tong Kooi
November 30, 2018
In print this week
You didn’t know Jho Low cheated us? I showed you evidence and you showed me the door
SINGAPORE (Dec 3): Najib Razak, in an interview with Sinar Harian two weeks ago, conceded that based on information available today, Jho Low had cheated Malaysia of billions of dollars through transactions done by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
November 30, 2018
1MDB Watch
RM1.3 bil for poor Malaysians diverted to rich Arabs
(Oct 26): Some RM1.3 billion ($430.5 million) in the Federal Consolidated Fund which was to be used as “subsidy and cash assistance” for Malaysians was among the government funds that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and ex-Treasury secret
October 26, 2018
1MDB Watch
Najib, Irwan plead not guilty to 6 criminal breach of trust charges; bail set at RM1 mil each
SINGAPORE (Oct 25): Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak is back in court again for 1MDB-linked charges. This time however, he will be charged alongside former treasury secretary-general Irwan Serigar Abdullah.
October 25, 2018
Malaysia
Malaysian UMNO president Zahid arrested for misuse of funds
SINGAPORE (Oct 18): Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, president of Malaysia’s United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), was put under arrest earlier today at 3.15pm by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
October 18, 2018
1MDB Watch
Rosmah to face money laundering charges in court
SINGAPORE (Oct 3): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested Rosmah Mansor, wife to former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.
October 03, 2018