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- The probe comes after the MACC earlier this year charged three people for corruption and summoned Mahathir’s two eldest sons for questioning
- Mahathir has denied that he abused power while in government and described the anti-corruption sweep as politically motivated
As cries of impunity and special treatment rang out, PM Anwar Ibrahim was thrust onto the back foot by his own deputy reportedly filing an affidavit in support of Najib’s application.
Malaysia’s disgraced ex-PM on Wednesday persisted with his claim that the country’s former king decreed he should be released from prison to serve the rest of his sentence from the comfort of his own home.
Mahathir, 98, questions why the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has concluded he committed an offence when he is not formally being investigated.
A Malaysian public that’s accustomed to politics shaping prosecutions largely sees PM Anwar Ibrahim following in the footsteps of his predecessors, while his allies walk free.
Najib claims the king had issued an addendum to his original decree that would allow Najib to serve his reduced sentence ‘under condition of home arrest’.
Robert Tan is accused of ‘cheating’ the finance ministry in 2019 into granting his firm a US$840 million contract to run the government’s fleet of vehicles.
The defendants, from PetroSaudi, are accused of having created a scheme in 2009 under which 1MDB, would set up a joint venture based on false premises.
The gift of honey to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Chief Azam Baki symbolised the end of his ‘honeymoon’ phase of ruling, King Ibrahim Iskandar said in a Facebook post.
Mahathir Mohamad’s two eldest sons have revealed for the first time in an interview that a months-long anti-corruption investigation is targeting their 98-year-old father.
The new counts involve about US$14,200 worth of valuable items the ex-politician allegedly obtained, including bottles of whisky, golf clubs and a bicycle.
Vo Van Thuong has been effectively dismissed after just 14 months in the top job, raising concerns about the country’s future direction.
Vo Van Thuong quit a year into the presidency after seemingly falling to a sweeping ‘blazing furnace’ anti-corruption campaign.
Former Transport Minister S Iswaran, who is out on bail, had been required to return to Singapore from Australia by Tuesday.
Mahathir, 98, went into the National Heart Institute on January 26 due to an unspecified infection and has remained in hospital since for observation.
The Election Commission last week stopped displaying its ongoing official vote tally online, sparking criticism from activists, watchdogs and backers of Prabowo’s rivals.
Rights groups allege tens of thousands of Bangladeshis have been tricked into coming to Malaysia over non-existent jobs and now face further exploitation.
S. Iswaran, who faces various bribery and corruption-related charges, was allowed to leave Singapore temporarily from February 16 to March 4 to settle his son into university.
A Kuala Lumpur high court had thrown out the four charges and acquitted Muhyiddin in August, ruling those had not detailed his alleged offences
President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has been trying to put a positive spin on his father’s dark legacy since assuming office in 2022.
Authorities have been searching for Muhammad Adlan Berhan since August in relation to a probe on a project involving the registration and recruitment of foreign workers.
The order is part of an anti-graft investigation after Mirzan’s name appeared in leaks of offshore business records that were revealed by a global media network.
Ex-1MDB general counsel Jasmine Loo told Malaysia’s High Court she would prepare documents for Jho Low, who would hand-deliver them to Najib Razak’s home in Kuala Lumpur.
News of the ex-PM’s hospitalisation came after his lawyer told a Kuala Lumpur court his client was unable to attend a defamation hearing.
Mirzan and Mokhzani said they are compiling all relevant documents, but asked Malaysia’s anti-graft body for patience as they try to collate 43 years’ worth of information.
Former Transport Minister S Iswaran, who faces multiple charges including corruption, was granted approval to visit Australia for over two weeks, with conditions such as additional bail.
Malaysian authorities are counting on the convicted former Goldman Sachs banker, Roger Ng’s cooperation, to recover as much as possible from the billions looted from the fund.
In a rare interview, the South Korean president said his wife had been ‘unable to cold-heartedly reject’ a pastor who gifted her a US$2,200 Dior bag. He also dismissed claims he was sacrificing ties with China.
