Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal: a Razak family affair?
As investigators at home and abroad tighten the legal noose around the former prime minister, it seems likely charges will extend to his relatives and close associates
With charges formally filed against him and a “not guilty” plea entered on Wednesday, the focus is now on whether attorney general Tommy Thomas’s dragnet will extend to others close to the leader.
One person who has faced intense scrutiny in recent days is Riza Aziz, the son of Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor.
As of Friday, he had been subjected to some 22 hours of questioning over four days from anti-corruption investigators.
The grilling by Malaysian investigators comes months after movie producer Riza’s Red Granite Pictures agreed to pay the US government US$60 million to settle a civil lawsuit to seize assets allegedly bought with looted 1MDB funds.