Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was convicted in a fresh corruption trial linked to the 1MDB scandal. The High Court found him guilty on three counts of abuse of power, following multibillion-dollar allegations of looting from the state investment fund. Najib, 72, is already serving a sentence from an earlier case, and the fallout contributed to his government’s defeat in 2018.
The Enforcement Directorate is investigating multiple money laundering cases in poll-bound West Bengal, targeting alleged corruption, chit fund scams, and recruitment irregularities. ED claims involvement of senior ministers, MLAs, and state officials. Probes are ongoing into political consultancy firms, teacher recruitment, coal smuggling, and alleged irregularities in municipality jobs as elections approach.
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