Prime Minister Mark Rutte has been promised by his Malaysian counterpart Ismail Sabri Yaakob that Malaysia "will make every effort to speed up the investigation of the truth in the case of model Ivana Smit who died in 2017," reports lawyer Sébas Diekstra on Twitter. Yaakob also said "hope there will be justice for Ivana," according to Diekstra. The lawyer …
During appeal, defence lawyers will argue Najib Razak had no knowledge of the transactions into his accounts. A Malaysian court has begun hearing a bid by former Prime Minister Najib Razak to overturn his conviction on corruption charges, in a case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state investment fund. The conviction made Najib the first Malaysian leader to …
Contradicting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad, the country's Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman has demanded deportation of controversial preacher Zakir Naik, for his comments on Hindus and Chinese in Malaysia. This comes after the country's prime minister rejected the demand of Naik's deportation to India and said that he will be staying in Malaysia as his …
