Malaysia court finds ex-PM Najib guilty of all 21 counts of money laundering in 1MDB case

Jailed former ‌Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was convicted ⁠by a court on Friday on all 21 counts of money ​laundering over his role ‍in the multibillion-dollar fraud scandal at state fund 1MDB. A high court ⁠had ‌earlier ⁠also found Najib guilty on ‍all four charges of abuse of ​power.

He was accused of ⁠receiving illegal transfers of more ⁠than 2.3 billion ringgit ($569.45 million) from 1MDB and had consistently ⁠denied wrongdoing. The judge had yet ⁠to ‌deliver sentencing.

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