COMMENT | A month after the coalition (now Madani) government took office, all political appointees who were chairpersons and board members in government-linked firms and statutory bodies were sacked.

Najib: I left it to the BOD because I believe it is their responsibility. I can’t micromanage the company, no PM in the world would because that is the work of technocrats, not politicians.

Najib denied that he had “pre-determined” the amount of loan required by SRC from KWAP and said that the amount was requested by SRC’s management, specifically Nik Faisal. SRC had first ...

Today was the High Court’s hearing of the Malaysian Bar’s application for leave to challenge the Pardons Board’s decision to ...

Malaysian court rejects ex-PM Najib’s request to attend 1MDB lawsuit hearing A federal court denied Najib Razak’s appeal to attend 1MDB civil lawsuit proceedings. Najib’s legal team said the ...

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak has again stressed that he had no role in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, stating that he never knew, met, or ordered her killing.

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GEORGE TOWN – Narrowing the focus of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak diverts attention from systemic issues, says his brother Tan Sri ...

KUALA LUMPUR - Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the High Court here today that SRC International Sdn Bhd's former chief executive officer Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil was not his link to the company ...

Fahmi Reza's cartoon of Najib Razak sporting clown make-up and arched eyebrows went viral during protests against Mr Najib. The prime minister is under fire over a financial scandal involving an ...

A court in Malaysia has sentenced former PM Najib Razak to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty on all seven counts in the first of several multi-million dollar corruption trials. Najib had ...

Nearly one quarter of Lebanese have fled their homes, Najib Mikati said. LONDON -- Nearly one quarter of the Lebanese population has been displaced by Israel's military campaign there, the country ...