Malaysia – Former PM Najib Razak will not testify in his wife Rosmah Mansor’s bribery and corruption trial at the High Court. As for Najib’s statement, Rosmah’s lawyer Datuk Jagjit Singh said it corroborated what had been proved in court before. This morning, Jagjit informed the court that the defense would not summon Datuk Seri Najib as a third witness. …

Myanmar’s junta will put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for corruption, her lawyer said today, adding to a raft of ongoing cases that could see her jailed for decades. Suu Kyi has been under house arrest since she and her elected government were deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising and …

Lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram pointed out today in court that the former prime minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, is the accused who is facing criminal charges in the trial involving over more than RM2 billion belonging to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Sri Ram, arguing on behalf of the prosecution, was objecting to Najib’s two applications …

KUALA LUMPUR – Ex Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been found guilty by the High Court today of all seven charges linked to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Najib become’s the first Malaysian leader to be found guilty of graft and corruption. A monumental conviction that can lead to decades of imprisonment. High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Ghazali handed …

PETALING JAYA – The Malaysian High Court will deliver its verdict in Ex-PM Najib Razak’s 1MDB corruption scandal on Tuesday (July 28), 16 months after the investigation began in the multi-billion-dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scam. Najib is currently facing three cases with the involvement of plundering the fund that help Pakatan Harapan defeat his long-ruling coalition from power in …

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s corruption and money-laundering trial over 1Malaysia Development Berhad ( 1MDB) funds will not start as scheduled for tomorrow, as the former prime minister will assist with Barisan Nasional’s by-election campaign in Chini, Pahang this Saturday. Najib ‘s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today told the Kuala Lumpur High Court that it was important for his …

KUALA LUMPUR – Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak defended BN secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor’s assets saying his wealth is legitimate. Najib claimed that Tengku Adnan was partner of tycoon Vincent Tan who holds shares in big companies like The Star, Watan and Mutiara Telecommunications. The former prime minister said that during the 1990s, Malaysia’s stock market was bullish, …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has started investigations on how Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor had accumulated almost RM1 billion in assets. MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya said that MACC probe is underway against the former Federal Territories minister known as Ku Nan who had declaired over RM900 million in assets when he served under three …

KUALA LUMPUR – The RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project by Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd had been set without consulting the Government Procurement Division, says Treasury deputy secretary-general Datuk Othman Semail. Othman said that this is the first project that former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had personally ordered a letter of award (LOA) without the proper procedure being followed. …

Ku Nan’s RM1mil corruption trial will be heard before a new High Court judge as report says. Following the Court of Appeal’s decision last Feb 12 that permits  Tengku Adnan’s appeal to disqualify Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, case will now be heard before another judge. Deputy public prosecutor Julia Ibrahim filed an application for a stay of proceedings pending …