October
Malaysia PM says he welcomes Najib’s 1MDB apology
Anwar Ibrahim said while his stance on 1MDB was well known, it was not fair to single out one person for the goings-on in the sovereign wealth fund.
- Anisah Shukry
August
‘Obscenely greedy’ oil execs jailed over vast 1MDB fraud
A Swiss court found the former PetroSaudi executives responsible for embezzling $2.6 billion in what the court heard was the “fraud of the century”.
- Jamey Keaten
November 2022
At 97, Mahathir ready to serve as PM again
In a wide-ranging interview, the last of Asia’s strongmen says China may be goaded into invading Taiwan, and Malaysia needs a government without “bad baggage”.
- Emma Connors
September 2022
Wife of Malaysian PM was power behind the throne, trial reveals
Rosmah Mansor, the wife of disgraced former Malaysian PM Najib Razak, has been found guilty of taking bribes, but she won’t be joining her husband behind bars just yet.
- Updated
- Emma Connors
August 2022
- Analysis
- Corruption
Ex-PM Najib’s jailing a win for Malaysia’s judiciary
After 46 years in the public eye, Najib Razak is now out of sight behind bars, and it’s the country’s chief justice in the limelight.
- Emma Connors
Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib faces jail after court rejects final appeal
Najib’s loss in his final appeal means he will have to begin serving his jail sentence immediately over the scandal of the 1MDB state fund.
- Eileen Ng
December 2021
Malaysia court upholds former PM Najib’s guilty verdict
Mr Najib was appealing a 12-year prison sentence and $US50 million fine imposed by Kuala Lumpur High Court last year for criminal breach of trust, abuse of power and money laundering.
- Rozanna Latiff and Mei Mei Chu
August 2021
Malaysian PM defies calls to quit, wants confidence vote next month
Muhyiddin Yassin said King Al-Sultan Abdullah agreed that he should remain in power pending the confidence vote.
- Liz Lee and Mei Mei Chu
March 2021
- Opinion
- Political unrest
Politics gets personal in Malaysia
Malaysia is starting to look more like the south-east Asian standard than it ever has: a modernising economy paradoxically beset by the politics of personalism, patronage and arbitrary rule.
- Updated
- Liam Gammon
August 2020
- Opinion
- Corruption
No end to Malaysia’s political games after Najib’s courtroom downfall
The Malaysian public is stuck with games of three-dimensional chess between – and within – teams of politicians who are UMNO men who missed out on the power they sought through that party.
- Liam Gammon
July 2020
Will the conviction of a former PM change Malaysia?
He's facing 12 years in prison and fines of more than $65 million after being found guilty in a 1MDB corruption trial but his old party is still scheming its way back to power.
- Emma Connors
- Analysis
- Corruption
Judge's hard line on Najib's corruption will weigh on appeal
The findings of fact made by a Kuala Lumpur High Court judge are unlikely to be overturned on appeal.
- Updated
- Emma Connors
Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak avoids jail for now
The High Court in Kuala Lumpur agreed to a stay of execution pending appeal after sentencing Najib to 12 years jail on charges.related to 1MDB corruption.
- Updated
- Emma Connors
Malaysia faces crucial graft test in 1MDB verdict
Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak faces his first verdict on Tuesday in a landmark case that tests the country's efforts to stamp out corruption.
- Rozanna Latiff
March 2020
- Opinion
- World politics
Real political reform in south-east Asia is still a dream
Nobody expects countries like Malaysia or Thailand — let alone even more politically blighted neighbours — to emerge as textbook liberal democracies any time soon.
- Liam Gammon
February 2020
Mahathir now interim PM - but not for long
The 94-year-old Prime Minister appears to be behind in the race to gain the support of enough MPs to form a majority government.
- Updated
- Emma Connors
Mahathir offers resignation in Malaysian political upheaval
The Prime Minister tendered his resignation to Malaysia's king on Monday, while his political party quit the ruling alliance in a shocking political upheaval less than two years after his election victory.
- Eileen Ng
Malaysia's unlikeliest of political comebacks
Najib Razak stands accused of plundering hundreds of millions of dollars, but his political life is far from over and he may still emerge as kingmaker.
- Emma Connors
Malaysia's handbag queen faces trial for corruption
The wife of Malaysia's former PM is charged with soliciting and accepting a bribe from a company that wanted a government contract to supply solar energy to rural schools.
- Emma Connors
Najib Razak: 'I would have been a smarter thief'
The former prime minister has told Malaysia's High Court that 1MDB-related theft claims are ludicrous.
- Emma Connors