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Najib Razak has had many roles over the years, including nine years as prime minister of Malaysia, but recently he tried his hand at something completely different.

KUALA LUMPUR: The first of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd-linked corruption trials will conclude tomorrow with the High Court delivering its verdict at the end of the defence case.

Kuala Lumpur - A former Goldman Sachs banker has been extradited from Malaysia to the United States to face charges linked to the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, a source and reports said Monday.

Malaysia would have faced a $5-billion penalty if a China-backed rail project was axed entirely, the prime minister said Monday, after a deal was reached to revive the controversial scheme.

PETALING JAYA: A money trail has been established on the purchase of a pink diamond that allegedly used 1Malaysia Develop­ment Bhd (1MDB) funds, says Senior Asst Comm Datuk Khalil Azlan Chik

PETALING JAYA: An online petition calling for Datuk Seri Najib Razak's corruption trial which starts on Wednesday (April 3) to be aired live on television has amassed about 46,000 signatures.

PETALING JAYA: Journalist Mary Ann Jolley, who recently won a prestigious UK award for the interview titled Malaysia: Najib Speaks, admitted on Friday that she felt frustrated while quizzing the former prime minister last October during an Al Jazeera interview.

Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak will go on trial this week over an extraordinary financial scandal that contributed to the downfall of his long-ruling coalition and reverberated around the world.

PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has become a sensation with his arty trolling of people on the Internet, but social media and political analysts say his efforts will not change the public's perception of him.

PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's arrest on his wife's birthday has prompted his daughter to pen an emotional heartfelt post on Instagram.

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has been arrested by graft investigators over the “tampering” of the 1MDB final audit report.

PETALING JAYA: There are a time and place for politics, and it is not in the schools, claims former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in responding to Dr Maszlee Malik's latest plan for education reform to include 1MDB in the history syllabus.