1MDB scandal: will Trump discuss FBI probe with Malaysian PM Najib at this week’s White House meeting?
Malaysia’s PM Najib Razak will meet US President Donald Trump in the United States this week, where the Justice Department and the FBI are pursuing investigations into 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)
In a room packed with Malaysian civil servants, foreign ministry secretary general Ramlan Ibrahim raised his right hand as he read out an anti-corruption pledge.
He was among thousands of state officials nationwide to take such an oath in the past several weeks, part of an anti-graft campaign called by Prime Minister Najib Razak.
“The citizens are becoming more informed ... they ask for public service which is more efficient, transparent and fair,” Ramlan said after the event in Putrajaya, the administrative capital.
The campaign comes as Najib prepares to meet US President Donald Trump on September 12 in the United States, where the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are pursuing investigations into 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a state fund the prime minister oversaw.
Najib must also call a general election by mid-2018 although some commentators have suggested he could do so this year itself.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested dozens of top officials under the anti-graft campaign, including officers at national oil company Petronas and state-controlled palm oil firm Felda. More than 600 arrests were made just this year, MACC data showed.