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Najib Razak, the Malaysian prime minister who chaired 1MDB, was jailed over the looting of the state fund — and the roughly $681 million that landed in his personal bank account became the evidentiary spine of a global financial scandal

spacedaily.com6/19/2026
Najib Razak, the Malaysian prime minister who chaired 1MDB, was jailed over the looting of the state fund — and the roughly $681 million that landed in his personal bank account became the evidentiary spine of a global financial scandal

Najib Razak, the Malaysian prime minister who chaired 1MDB, is serving 12 years in Kajang Prison after investigators traced roughly $681 million from the state fund into his personal AmBank accounts — part of a $4.5 billion global kleptocracy case.

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