A judge described the 1MDB scandal's plunder as so vast it made Attila the Hun look like a choirboy, in his 809-page judgment convicting former Malaysian PM Najib Razak. Najib is already jailed for a separate case linked to the fund.
An AI-powered database tracking corruption cases against Malaysia’s politicians was independently launched on Friday, putting fresh scrutiny on the status and outcomes of the country’s biggest graft prosecutions across administrations. The Prosecutorial Accountability Watch (PAW), built by civil society group Projek SAMA and hosted with news outlet Malaysiakini, tracks 33 high-profile cases involving current and former elected representatives – from ex-prime minister Najib Razak’s 1MDB-linked...
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has withdrawn his appeal for house arrest, ending a legal dispute over whether an addendum order from the Pardons Board allowed him to serve his reduced sentence at home. His lawyers filed a notice of discontinuance on April 2, giving no reason for the withdrawal. Najib, 72, is serving a six-year jail term in Kajang Prison after his original 12-year sentence for misappropriating 42 million ringgit from SRC International was halved by the Pardons Board in 2024.
