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Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak jailed for 15 more years in 1MDB saga's biggest trial

Malaysia's influential former premier Najib Razak was jailed on Friday for a further 15 years and fined $2.8 billion for power abuse and money laundering in the biggest trial of th

Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak jailed for 15 more years in 1MDB saga's biggest trial

Malaysia's influential former premier Najib Razak was jailed on Friday for a further 15 years and fined $2.8 billion for power abuse and money laundering in the biggest trial of the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, a ruling that could have big political ramifications. Malaysia and US investigators say at least $4.5 billion was stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a state fund Najib co-founded in 2009 during the first of his nine years in power in the Southeast Asian country.

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