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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak charged in connection with multibillion dollar scandal
Najib lost his bid for re-election after being tainted by a financial scandal that saw billions of …
Tara Francis Chan
Police seized 72 designer handbags stuffed with foreign cash from Malaysia's former prime minister as part of investigation into a global financial scandal
The prime minister's popularity started plummeting in 2015 when nearly $700 million from a state in…
Tara Francis Chan
The ousted Malaysian government pressured Air Asia to cancel 120 flights to stop people voting in a historic election
The May 9 election was held for the first time on a Wednesday, drawing criticism that the ruling pa…
Tara Francis Chan
Malaysia's former prime minister has been arrested in a corruption investigation
The former leader lost a re-election bid earlier this year after facing financial scandals related …
Alexandra Ma
Police raided 5 properties linked to Malaysia's allegedly corrupt ex-prime minister a week after he was defeated by his former mentor
The searches also occurred at the prime minister's former office and two condominium properties lin…
Tara Francis Chan
Police found $28.6 million-worth of cash sitting in an empty apartment linked to Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak
Najib lost a national election earlier this month in a dramatic turn of events which led to the fir…
Tara Francis Chan
A day before his arrest, Malaysia's former prime minister swore that $680 million found in his bank account is actually a donation from Saudi Arabia
Najib told Malaysiakini the money was donated for the 2013 election after he met with the late King…
Tara Francis Chan
India and Malaysia all set for a bilateral cooperation
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak have talked about bila…
'I am not perfect': Malaysia's former prime minister released a pre-recorded video hours after being arrested for corruption
Najib has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, but the existence and tone of the video, in which he ap…
Tara Francis Chan
$273 million-worth of valuables were seized from Malaysia's former prime minister including 567 handbags, 234 pairs of sunglasses, and 12,000 pieces of jewelry
Jewelry, handbags, watches and other items were all seized last month during raids on six propertie…
Tara Francis Chan
One of Goldman Sachs most senior executives in Asia is reportedly moving to the US
The revelation of Leissner's personal leave comes just two days after Malaysia's attorney general c…
Will Martin
A bullet was sent to the home of Malaysia's top anti-corruption official investigating a former prime minister - and now he's back to finish what he started
He added: "We wanted to bring back money that was stolen back to our country. Instead we were accus…
Tara Francis Chan
Malaysia's currency gets smoked as the country's opposition leader declares victory in the presidential election
Reuters reports that 92-year-old Mohamad said his coalition had won enough parliament seats to form…
Gina Heeb
Malaysia's former prime minister is appealing his conviction for his involvement in the 1MDB financial scandal
Razak claims he was "misled" by his 1MDB partner Jho Low.
Julie Gerstein
A single tweet shows how Malaysia's politics has turned on its head this year
"The human element shows through very clearly. You have Anwar in his last gasp politically having h…
Tara Francis Chan
Malaysia's new prime minister will no longer step aside for jailed colleague and expects to soon lay charges against his allegedly corrupt predecessor
In a country that has never seen a change of power in its history, 92-year-old Mahathir led the opp…
Tara Francis Chan
Chinese Newspaper Cartoon Slams Obama For Insulting The Missing Plane With His Latest Selfie
The cartoon that ran in China Daily shows the pair of politicians posing with underwater wreckage f…
Hunter Walker
Malaysian officials are investigating whether disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak inappropriately used Chinese cash to repay state debts
Malaysian officials told The Journal they are zeroing in on a $2.5 billion agreement signed in 2016…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
We May Finally Find Out The Details Of Why Flight MH17 Crashed in Ukraine
A statement issued by Najib Razak's office said the agreement with separatist leader Aleksander Bor…
Matt Johnston,Reuters
Wary of a debt trap, Malaysia’s government has backed out of three China-funded infrastructure projects
The projects, which are part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, were greenlit in 2016 by Najib…