A Malaysian court ordered the government on Monday to return rainbow-coloured watches and accessories made by Swatch Group, opens new tab that were seized last year for designs celebrating LGBTQ rights, a prosecutor told Reuters. The government later prohibited any LGBTQ references on Swatch watches, boxes, wrappers, accessories or other items, saying such products may harm morality and public interest. …
Judge dismissed Najib Razak’s case review saying the ex-prime minister was ‘the author of his own misfortunes’. Malaysia’s top court has dismissed a bid by jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak to review his corruption conviction over the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, ending Najib’s judicial efforts to challenge the guilty verdict. Najib was jailed last year after …
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Jailed Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak returned to court Thursday for a second corruption trial over the pilfering of the 1MDB state fund, two days after he began a 12-year prison term for graft. Najib, 69, was imprisoned Tuesday after the country’s top court rejected his final appeal in his first graft case linked to the …
Najib Razak had appealed sentence claiming he did not know origin of money that ended up in his personal bank accounts. A Malaysian appeals court on Wednesday upheld former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s conviction for corruption in the first case related to the multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB. Noting the flow of money into Najib’s personal bank accounts …
