Cell-by date: Malaysia’s ex-PM is jailed

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Najib Razak, prime minister during the massive 1MDB scandal in which billions went missing, <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/08/23/malaysias-disgraced-former-prime-minister-is-going-to-prison?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm ...  Show more

Five years ago a $4.5bn hole in a development fund scrambled Malaysia’s politics. Now the <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/07/28/najib-razak-is-convicted-on-seven-charges-in-the-1mdb-scandal?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host& ...  Show more

A political crisis has erupted in Malaysia involving questions about how nearly $700m made its way into the prime minister’s personal bank account and the mismanagement of the country’s sovereign development fund. Ben Bland talks to David Pilling, the FT’s Asia editor, about the ...  Show more