A Malaysian court pronounced former Prime Minister Najib Razak guilty Tuesday in his first corruption trial over the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB investment fund.
The ruling came five months after a new government took power with Najib’s Malay party the biggest bloc in the alliance. His party’s shocking election ouster in 2018 was driven by public anger over the 1MDB scandal, which saw billions of dollars allegedly siphoned from the fund and used to finance lavish lifestyles, luxury properties in LA and New York, private jets, artwork and the hit 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street. “I find the accused guilty and convict the accused of all seven charges,” Judge Mohamad Nazlan Ghazali said after spending two hours to read out his.
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