Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib Razak quizzed again over graft claims after attacking new government in Facebook post
The embattled 64-year-old Najib Razak appeared relaxed, smiling and waving as he walked through a throng of journalists
Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak arrived at the anti-graft agency Thursday to be questioned for a second time this week over a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal following his shock election loss.
Najib’s coalition suffered a defeat at the May 9 poll which ended their six-decade hold on power, beaten by a reformist alliance led by Mahathir Mohamad.
Mahathir, who first served as premier from 1981-2003 and came out of retirement aged 92 to take on Najib, campaigned on claims that the former leader and his cronies looted sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
Billions of dollars were allegedly stolen from the fund in a sophisticated fraud, and used to buy everything from artworks to high-end real estate.
Najib pushed through a huge media scrum at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters in the administrative capital of Putrajaya as he arrived to be quizzed about 1MDB money allegedly ending up in his personal bank accounts.
Najib is being questioned by the anti-corruption body over SRC International, an energy company that was originally a subsidiary of 1MDB.