Malaysia’s former PM sentenced to 12 years in jail and fined US$49 million
- 4 years ago
A Malaysian court on July 28, 2020, sentenced former prime minister Najib Razak to 12 years in jail and fined him 210 million ringgit (US$49.3 million) in the first of five criminal trials linking him to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB corruption scandal, dealing a major setback to his efforts to make a comeback to frontline politics. Video courtesy: Reuters