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Malaysia's Mahathir says 'highly likely' jailed Najib will get royal pardon

Malaysia's veteran two-time leader Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday that disgraced former premier Najib Razak, who he helped bring down, was likely to win a royal pardon and be freed from a 12-year jail sentence for graft that he began this week.

Reuters

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib returns to court for 1MDB trial

Jailed Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has returned to court for a second corruption trial over the pilfering of the 1MDB state fund

The Independent UK

Jailing Najib is a win for Malaysia

Let's hear it for Malaysia. Something unimaginable just a few years ago has transpired. A former prime minister, the scion of a prominent political dynasty who retained a strong grassroots following as a top lawmaker, has been sentenced to prison. His fall is a tonic, however brief, for a country…

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Najib loyalists call for royal pardon as Malaysia's ex-PM begins jail term

Supporters of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak petitioned King Al-Sultan Abdullah to pardon the disgraced politician, a day after he was jailed for corruption linked to the multi-billion-dollar scandal at a state investment fund.

Reuters

Supporters of jailed ex-PM Najib rally for royal pardon

Supporters of Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak are calling for royal intervention a day after he began a 12-year jail term

The Independent UK

Malaysia ex-PM Najib moves from luxurious lifestyle to lockup

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's new prison lodgings may be less than an hour's drive from his mansion in Kuala Lumpur's affluent Bukit Tunku neighbourhood, but it is a world away from the luxury he is used to.

Reuters

Explainer-Behind bars, Malaysia's Najib has few 'get out of jail' cards left to play

Having begun a 12-year jail sentence on Tuesday, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is expected to scramble for ways to obtain early release after losing his final appeal in a case linked to a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal.

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‘Absolutely glorious’: Malaysians hail jailing of Najib Razak

Najib Razak becomes Malaysia’s first former prime minister to go to prison after top court upholds his graft conviction.

Al Jazeera

Ministers tour ganja plantation

PATHUM THANI: Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday accompanied his Malaysian counterpart Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar on a visit to a Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) cannabis plantation to discuss the comprehensive medical usage of the plant.

Bangkok Post

Rohingya refugees cannot be forgotten

I have spent nearly 30 years exposed to emergencies and humanitarian crises. Yet, standing at our "hospital on the hill" in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, now the world's largest refugee camp, I was taken by the sheer scale of this makeshift setting. A jumble of humanity packed together in precarious bamboo…

Bangkok Post

Ansell is accused of 'knowingly profiting' off the labour of slaves. Shuvo is one of them

Shuvo still has flashbacks about what happened to him inside a glove factory in Malaysia. He now wants justice for himself, and the 25 million other people across the world in forced labour conditions.

ABC News

Malaysia's imprisoned ex-PM Najib was once a political star

Najib Razak is Malaysia’s first former prime minister to go to prison -- a mighty fall for a veteran British-educated politician whose father and uncle were the country’s second and third prime ministers, respectively

The Independent UK

Malaysia’s ex–PM Najib sent to prison as final 1MDB appeal lost

Federal court upholds conviction and 12-year sentence linked to fraud, saying appeal ‘devoid of any merits’

The Guardian - UK

From PM to prison: Malaysia's Najib feels alone and overwhelmed by 'betrayal'

Having played golf with U.S. presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will now count convicted murderers and drug traffickers as neighbours.

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Najib leaves court with police escort after 1MDB conviction upheld

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak left court in a black vehicle with a police escort on Tuesday, shortly after he was ordered to begin a 12-year prison sentence on charges related to the multi-billion dollar 1MBD graft scandal.

WEKU

Malaysia top court upholds ex-Prime Minister Najib's graft conviction

The five-member Federal Court panel said it unanimously found the judgment of the high court judge was right and that Najib's appeal was "devoid of any merits."

Reuters

Explainer-Malaysia's ex-PM Najib and the multi-billion dollar 1MDB scandal

Malaysia's top court ordered former prime minister Najib Razak to begin a 12-year prison sentence on Tuesday after rejecting his appeal against a conviction on charges related to a multi-billion dollar graft scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

Al Jazeera

Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib jailed after appeal in 1MDB case rejected

Verdict means Najib will serve a 12-year sentence, making him the first former Malaysian prime minister to be jailed.

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Malaysia's top court upholds guilty verdict against Najib in 1MDB case

Malaysia's Federal Court on Tuesday upheld former prime minister Najib Razak's guilty conviction and a 12-year jail sentence on corruption charges.

Bangkok Post

Malaysia's ex-PM Najib asks chief justice to recuse herself from appeal panel

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak on Tuesday asked the chief justice to recuse herself from a panel presiding over his final appeal to set aside his corruption conviction and 12-year jail sentence over a case linked to the 1MDB financial scandal.

The Independent UK

Former Prime Minister Najib Razak seeks to remove Malaysia's top judge from graft appeal

Former Prime Minister Najib Razak is seeking to remove Malaysia’s top judge from his final appeal in a graft case linked to the massive looting of the 1MDB state fund

Reuters

Malaysian ex-PM Najib goes to jail for graft after losing final appeal

Malaysia's top court ordered former prime minister Najib Razak to begin a 12-year prison sentence on Tuesday after upholding a guilty conviction on charges related to a multi-billion dollar graft scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

The Hindu

Malaysia keen to increase number of flights from Kerala

Invites investments in Ayurveda, cuisine

The Independent UK

End of Singapore's gay sex-ban is small step in Asia-Pacific

Singapore’s decision to decriminalize sex between men is being hailed as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ rights in the Asia-Pacific region, a vast area of nearly 5 billion people with different laws and attitudes

Bangkok Post

Looking ahead beyond global value chain

Global value chains (GVCs) have had some tough years. First, the Covid-19 pandemic created barriers and bottlenecks, especially in manufacturing. Then, Russia's war in Ukraine further disrupted GVCs, particularly those involving agriculture and energy.

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