Malaysia’s top court has rejected with finality ex-prime minister Najib Razak’s bid to overturn his 12-year jail sentence for corruption, slamming the door on a political comeback. The former prime minister had asked the Federal Court to review a previous panel’s decision to deny his final appeal against the conviction, linked to the plunder of state investment fund 1MDB.

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