Malaysia – Ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak suggested this night that state oil firm Petronas might buy troubled oil-and-gas operator Sapura Energy Bhd to save the company without costing taxpayers any money. Najib claimed that Sapura’s failure would be devastating to Malaysia’s economy in a live discussion with political adversary Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, and the company’s market capitalization …

Malaysia – Malaysia’s anti-graft authorities have launched a probe into the contents of Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali’s bank account. Tan Sri Azam Baki, the chairman of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), verified the matter to The Star, adding that the investigation paper was initiated after complaints were submitted on money in the account said to …

Malaysia – PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has remarked that he is willing to challenge former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak over the financially ailing Sapura Energy Berhad, but that the discussion should be open for the media to cover and open to public watching. Anwar emphasized the importance of media freedom in a Facebook post late Friday …

Malaysia – Despite her husband, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak, not being summoned to appear as a witness for the defense, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has raised a reasonable doubt in her corruption case regarding a hybrid solar project for rural schools in Sarawak. In a written filing, the defense team stated that it chose not to bring Najib as a …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, head of the Barisan Nasional (BN), termed the coalition’s huge win in the Johor poll as “unexpected.” He said that the BN has regained people’ confidence in order to rule the Johor government once again. He said that however, I would want to caution the party not to be conceited in light of …

Malaysia – Rosleli Jahari, a former Johor Lama assemblyman, said that he has quit Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia and would apply to rejoin Umno. Rosleli, who was not chosen to run for re-election, expressed his dissatisfaction with Bersatu, its president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, and his government. “I will seek to rejoin Umno, my former political party, and will campaign …

Malaysia – According to Damansara MP Tony Pua, Datuk Seri Najib Razak is merely making a fool of himself by litigating his 1MDB case in Parliament and attempting to transfer responsibility to later administrations. According to the DAP National Publicity Secretary, Najib‘s most recent appearance was only yesterday (March 3), when he questioned why his successors did not pay off …

Malaysia – Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dubbed Datuk Seri Najib Razak an “idiot” for saying that Putrajaya had yet to pay “a single sen” of 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s (1MDB) main debt. Dr Mahathir expressed “disgust” at Najib’s comments in Parliament recently, highlighting Najib’s “shameless” attitude toward the wrongdoings done after his High Court sentence and conviction. “I’m disturbed …

Malaysia – On Wednesday, a former Goldman Sachs associate testified that his participation in a bribery scheme that robbed billions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund was motivated by “greed and ambition.” In the criminal prosecution of Roger Ng, the bank’s former head of investment banking in Malaysia, Tim Leissner, the former leader of Goldman’s South-east Asia unit, …

Malaysia – The High Court in Kuala Lumpur was informed that the two checks totaling RM9.5 million received by lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah from Datuk Seri Najib Razak were not a loan. Rather than that, former Inland Revenue Board (IRB) tax officer Syed Nasrul Fahmi Syed Mohamad said that the checks were advanced payments for legal services performed …