• Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib Razak convicted in 1MDB case

    Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib Razak convicted in 1MDB case

    Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to jail Tuesday in the first criminal trial linked to the massive 1MDB financial scandal. A judge in Kuala Lumpur found Najib guilty of seven charges he faced for allegedly receiving about $10 million from a former unit of 1Malaysia Development Berhad, …