{"id":4587,"date":"2025-12-26T08:35:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T08:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/court-finds-malaysias-former-pm-najib-razak-guilty-of-abuse-of-power\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T08:35:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T08:35:59","slug":"court-finds-malaysias-former-pm-najib-razak-guilty-of-abuse-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/court-finds-malaysias-former-pm-najib-razak-guilty-of-abuse-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Court finds Malaysia\u2019s former PM Najib Razak guilty of abuse of power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span>BREAKING, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Malaysian high court finds former PM Najib guilty in trial related to the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund scandal.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Former Malaysian Prime Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/1\/6\/malaysia-court-grants-jailed-ex-pm-najib-access-to-house-arrest-decree\">Najib Razak<\/a> has been found guilty in his second major trial involving the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling was handed down by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Friday, where Najib, 72, faced four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering over the illegal transfer of about 2.2 billion Malaysian ringgit ($539m) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/5\/30\/sentence-for-ex-goldman-banker-in-1mdb-case-too-short-malaysian-minister\">from 1MDB.<\/a><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/25\/venezuela-frees-dozens-detained-during-protests-against-maduro\">Venezuela frees dozens detained during protests against Maduro<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/25\/trump-says-us-launched-strikes-against-isil-in-northwest-nigeria\">Trump says US launched strike against ISIL in northwest Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2025\/12\/26\/a-comedy-show-myanmar-youth-in-exile-slam-military-run-sham-election\">\u2018A comedy show\u2019: Myanmar youth in exile slam military-run \u2018sham\u2019 election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/26\/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1401\">Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,401<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Prosecutors say Najib abused his position as prime minister, finance minister and 1MDB advisory board chairman to move large amounts of money from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund to his personal accounts more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Najib was previously found guilty and sentenced in 2020 to 12 years\u2019 imprisonment for misappropriating about $9.9m in 1MDB funds. His sentence was later <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/2\/2\/malaysia-reduces-sentence-of-former-pm-najib-razak\">commuted to six years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This trial, Najib\u2019s second, was widely considered the most significant to date because it directly involved 1MDB entities and much larger sums of money.<\/p>\n<p>The marathon legal proceedings have spanned seven years and saw lawyers call 76 witnesses to the stand, including Najib himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trial has had a lot of delays, and it\u2019s a very complicated thing to understand,\u201d said Bridget Welsh, an honorary research associate with the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese financial crimes are multi-layered, and it\u2019s been a long, extensive process,\u201d Welsh told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>Najib apologised last year for mishandling the 1MDB scandal, but during his recent trial maintained that he had been led astray by the fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low, who has been wanted by Interpol since 2016 and whose current whereabouts are unknown.<\/p>\n<p>During legal proceedings on Friday, Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah told the court that evidence indicated Najib had an \u201cunmistakable bond and connection\u201d with Low, who served as the prime minister\u2019s \u201cproxy and intermediary\u201d, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>The judge also challenged Najib\u2019s defence that he believed some of his ill-gotten funds were \u201cdonations\u201d from the Saudi royal family, Reuters said.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story. More to follow soon.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING, Malaysian high court finds former PM Najib guilty in trial related to the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund scandal. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been found guilty in his second major trial involving the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. 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