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Najib’s legal bid to serve remaining jail term under house arrest pushes Anwar government into awkward corner
Najib, who was Malaysia’s premier for nine years until May 2018 and its first PM to be imprisoned, began serving…
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Najib’s legal bid to serve remaining jail term under house arrest pushes Anwar government into awkward corner
Najib, who was Malaysia’s premier for nine years until May 2018 and its first PM to be imprisoned, began serving…
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Malaysia turns up heat on Singaporean businessman Akbar Khan amid graft probe against Daim Zainuddin
Malaysia’s corporate law prohibits corporations that own a financial concern to extend loans to related parties. In the Akbar takeover…
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Malaysia’s anti-graft agency turns up the heat on Singaporean businessman over decades-old multi-million dollar transactions
Malaysia’s corporate law prohibits corporations that own a financial concern to extend loans to related parties. In the Akbar takeover…
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Commentary: Najib’s partial pardon will affect trust in Malaysia’s institutions, some more than others
This may be more challenging than it appears. Political cases will always be seen as biased, even if pursued purely…
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Trial begins in Vietnam’s largest, multibillion-dollar financial scam
If proved, it could be one of the largest financial frauds in Asia. Malaysia’s 1MDB corruption scandal involved for instance…
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‘Political witch-hunt’: Malaysia’s ex-finance minister Daim slams PM Anwar over anti-graft probe
On the allegations against him, Mr Daim claimed that he had extended the fullest cooperation to the MACC and communicated…
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Indonesia elections: Suspicious transactions worth trillions of rupiah unearthed, activists call for probe
MONEY USUALLY USED TO BUY VOTES, PAY POLITICAL DOWRIES The discovery has highlighted the “power of money” in Indonesia’s elections,…
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Senior cardinal convicted of embezzlement in Vatican corruption trial
It revolved mostly around the messy purchase of a building in London by the Secretariat of State, the Vatican’s key…
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