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Malaysia charges opposition leader and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for allegedly insulting the former King Al-Sultan Abdullah in 2022, under the Sedition Act.
2024-08-27

The Federal Court of Malaysia upholds the corruption conviction and 12-year prison term of former prime minister Najib Razak in connection with the embezzlement of sovereign wealth funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Najib is the first former Malaysian prime minister to be imprisoned.
2022-08-23

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announces a new RM15 billion economic assistance package, the Malaysian Economic and Rakyat Protection Assistance Package, which is expected to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on the Malaysian economy.
2021-01-18

Malaysian authorities announce the reopening of investigations into the murder of a Mongolian model by two police officers associated with former Prime Minister Najib Razak. Who ordered the killing has never been determined.
2018-06-21

Tens of thousands of people protest in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, calling for Prime Minister Najib Razak to step down amid an ongoing corruption scandal involving 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
2016-11-19

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak condemns the Philippine-based Abu Sayyaf's beheading of a Malaysian man. Businessman Bernard Then and a woman were kidnapped in May from the Malaysia-island Sabah; the woman was released last week. Philippine Colonel Restituto Padilla said the killing followed a "failure of the negotiations about money."
2015-11-18

Tens of thousands of Malaysians rally in the capital Kuala Lumpur calling for Prime Minister Najib Razak to step down over a financial scandal where a MYR 2.672 billion (USD 700 million) payment was made to his bank account from unnamed foreign donors.
2015-08-29

Malaysian authorities order a freeze on six accounts associated with alleged payments by development bank 1Malaysia Development Berhad to the Prime Minister Najib Razak.
2015-07-7

Abdul Gani Patail, the Attorney General of Malaysia, says that a probe of troubled state owned investment bank 1Malaysia Development Berhad has uncovered documents that show the transfer of money into private accounts of the Prime Minister Najib Razak.
2015-07-4

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolves parliament and advises all the state governments, except Negeri Sembilan and Sarawak to do the same, in preparation for general election.
2013-04-3