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Malaysia’s Disgraced Former PM Najib Guilty

But he won’t go to jail any time soon and remains a political powerhouse

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John Berthelsen
Jul 28, 2020
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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been found guilty on seven counts of abuse of power and money laundering in what a political rival once called “the mother of the mother of the mother” of all Malaysian scandals – the loss of U$4.6 billion to theft and mismanagement of the state-backed 1Malaysia Development Bhd. investment fund.

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