KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysian former prime minister Najib Razak was acquitted on Friday in the latest trial in response to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state fund.
Najib, who is serving a 12-year prison term after losing the final appeal in his first of several corruption trials linked to the scandal, was found not guilty on the charge of tampering with an audit report to cover up wrongdoings.
Defence lawyer Mohamad Shafee Abdullah said the High Court ruled that prosecutors did not have sufficient evidence to prove Najib guilty of abusing his position as prime minister and finance minister to order amendments to the 1MDB audit report in 2016 before it was presented to Parliament.
More details on Weekend’s Borneo Bulletin
