28/07/2020 12:24
Najib Razak: Former Malaysian PM guilty on all charges in corruption trial
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak has been found guilty of all seven charges in the first of several multi-million dollar corruption trials.
He had pleaded not guilty to the charges of criminal breach of trust, money laundering, and abuse of power.
The case against Najib, in office from 2009 to 2018, was widely seen as a test of Malaysia's anti-corruption efforts.
The scandal around Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund has uncovered a global web of fraud and corruption.
Najib could now face decades in prison - but he is expected to remain out of prison until appeals are exhausted.
"After considering all evidence in this trial, I find that the prosecution has successfully proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt," judge Mohamad Nazlan Mohamad Ghazali told the Kuala Lumpur High Court.