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Hollywood producer Riza Aziz faces five counts of laundering US$248 mil
KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Hollywood producer Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz, the stepson of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, has been charged with five counts of money laundering at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today for receiving unlawful proceeds totalli
July 05, 2019
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SINGAPORE (July 8): “Large organisations respond to leadership, not administrative heads and not managers but leaders, and Iacocca was a brilliant leader.” — Long-time car industry executive Bob Lutz, describing his mentor Lee Iacocca, who led Ford,
July 05, 2019
1MDB Watch
'I was told to leave Malaysia amid 1MDB probe', says former SRC International director
KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): Former SRC International Sdn Bhd director Datuk Suboh Mohd Yassin told the High Court yesterday that he was directed to leave the country at the height of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal in 2015.
June 21, 2019
1MDB Watch
Ex-SRC chairman: Najib directed bulk of RM2 bil funds from KWAP to be transferred overseas
KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): After getting the first RM2 billion ($655 million) loan from Pensioners Trust Fund Inc (KWAP) for SRC International Sdn Bhd, former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak asked that a total of RM1.8 billion of the funds to be transferred o
June 11, 2019
1MDB Watch
Investigators say US$248 mil in illicit 1MDB funds flowed through Singapore banks
SINGAPORE (May 27): Two hundred and twelve Hermès handbags valued at an estimated RM47 million (RM15.5 million) were among the 306 handbags found at a luxury condominium last year. They are now part of a multimillion-ringgit forfeiture suit filed by the
May 27, 2019
1MDB Watch
Putrajaya files forfeiture suit against Najib, Rosmah over items bought with stolen 1MDB funds
KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): The Government and the police have filed a civil forfeiture suit against former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and several others in relation to jewellery, cash, handbags and luxury vehicles said to
May 08, 2019
1MDB Watch
US begins return of US$200 mil in 1MDB funds to Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): The US government has begun returning to Malaysia some US$200 million ($272.5 million) recovered from asset seizures linked to state fund 1MDB, with about a quarter of the amount already repatriated, the two countries said on Tuesday
May 07, 2019
1MDB Watch
Singapore said to send money from ex-Goldman banker to Malaysia
(May 5): Singaporean authorities are preparing to return about $35 million surrendered by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Roger Ng and his family in connection with the 1MDB scandal to Malaysia, according to people familiar with the matter.
May 03, 2019
1MDB Watch
Here's why High Court dismissed Najib's bid to strike out SRC charges
KUALA LUMPUR (Apr 29): Former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed in his bid to strike out all his seven charges in relation to the misappropriation of SRC International Sdn Bhd's funds of RM42 million ($13.8 million).
April 30, 2019
Malaysia
Najib’s trial starts to lay out money trail
SINGAPORE (Apr 22): Witnesses in the trial of Malaysia’s disgraced former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak have started to help piece together the money trail from SRC International that allegedly led to his personal accounts in a local bank.
April 22, 2019