Tag: Najib Razak

Malaysian PM to offer resignation Monday: minister

Malaysia’s embattled leader will offer his resignation to the king Monday, a minister said, potentially spelling an end to his 17-month-old government and plunging the country into fresh turmoil. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has faced mounting pressure to step aside after losing his parliamentary majority, and over his administration’s handling of a worsening coronavirus outbreak. He made a last-ditch attempt to cling to power Friday by urging opposition MPs to support him in exchange for […]

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Bong Go says Duterte planning to visit Malaysia

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has plans of visiting Malaysia, his aide Bong Go said on Monday, July 9. Go made the announcement after revealing the President was planning to talk to Mahathir Mohamad within the day to congratulate him for his return at the helm of Malaysia in the country’s recent elections. The President last visited Malaysia in 2016. The country was then headed by Najib Razak, who lost to Mahathir amid allegations […]

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Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak arrested

by M Jegathesan Agence France Presse Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested by anti-corruption investigators Tuesday, officials said, the latest dramatic development in a widening graft probe that has engulfed the ex-leader. Najib will be charged Wednesday, a taskforce set up to investigate corruption involving Malaysian state fund 1MDB said in a statement adding the arrest “was made at his home”. The arrest is the latest in a series of stunning moves by […]

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Items worth $273 mn seized from premises linked to Malaysia ex-PM: police

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) – Items seized from six premises linked to ousted Malaysian leader Najib Razak, including cash, a vast stash of jewellery and luxury handbags, are worth up to $273 million, police said Wednesday. “The total cost of all the items, the retail price, will be touching 910 (million) to 1.1 billion ringgit,” Amar Singh, the police’s head of commercial crime, told a press conference. That is equivalent to $225 million to […]

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Malaysia draws China link to huge financial scandal

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s ousted leader has denied wrongdoing over a $2.4 billion China-backed pipeline deal after the new government said the project was “highly suspicious” and linked it to a massive financial scandal. A company owned by Malaysia’s finance ministry signed the 9.4-billion ringgit deal in 2016 for a Chinese state-owned company to build a gas pipeline and an oil pipeline. Najib Razak — toppled in elections last month — was prime […]

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Almost $30 million seized in raids linked to Malaysian ex-PM

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysian police said Friday they found cash amounting to almost $30 million in a raid on a luxury apartment as they probed corruption allegations swirling around ousted leader Najib Razak. The money was seized along with 284 boxes containing designer handbags, as well as watches and jewellery from a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, which was raided along with Najib’s home and other sites last week. Najib’s coalition was thrown […]

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Malaysia ex-PM Najib quizzed by graft agency

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AFP) — Scandal-tainted former Malaysian leader Najib Razak arrived Tuesday at the anti-corruption agency for questioning over a massive financial scandal that helped to bring down his long-ruling regime. Najib’s coalition suffered a shock defeat at the May 9 poll, beaten by a reformist alliance led by Mahathir Mohamad, which broke their six-decade stranglehold on power. Mahathir, who first served as premier from 1981-2003 and came out of retirement aged 92 to take […]

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Malaysia ex-PM denies graft charges in visit to home region

PEKAN, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s scandal-tainted former leader Sunday denied he stole public funds and complained of the way he has been treated since he unexpectedly lost power in a stunning election defeat. Striking a defiant tone in the face of a deepening corruption investigation, Najib Razak urged his political party to “fight on” after it was toppled in the May 9 vote by a political coalition that had focused on the allegations against him. […]

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Police search scandal-tainted Malaysian ex-premier’s home

by M. Jegathesan Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysian police searched the home of scandal-tainted former premier Najib Razak on Thursday as the new government probes a massive graft scandal after sweeping to power in historic elections. At least a dozen police vehicles converged on Najib’s family compound in the capital Kuala Lumpur in the early hours, with a number of officers entering the home, an AFP journalist saw. Najib’s lawyer said […]

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Malaysia’s scandal-mired Najib hit with travel ban after poll loss

by Sam Reeves © Agence France-Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s scandal-ridden former leader Najib Razak was hit with a travel ban Saturday as speculation mounted he was about to flee the country following his shock election loss, in a possible bid to avoid prosecution over a massive financial scandal. An angry crowd had gathered at a Kuala Lumpur airport, shouting at vehicles and seeking to stop them entering, after Najib tweeted that he was […]

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Malaysian PM announces dissolution of parliament for tough election

by Sam Reeves Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Friday announced the dissolution of parliament for a general election that will pose one of the sternest-ever tests for his ruling coalition, due to a massive financial scandal and a challenge from former leader Mahathir Mohamad. After laying out the Barisan Nasional coalition’s recent achievements in a 25-minute speech on state television, Najib announced that parliament would be dissolved […]

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Malaysia proposes 10 years’ jail for ‘fake news’

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — The Malaysian government Monday proposed a law to combat “fake news” which could see offenders jailed for 10 years, sparking fears authorities aim to stifle criticism as elections loom. Governments in several countries, emboldened by US President Donald Trump’s fulminations against “fake news,” are considering such legislation. But rights groups warn that authoritarian regimes are likely to use the new laws to crack down on dissent. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib […]

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