Najib charged with getting RM42mil bribe to approve RM4bil loan from pension fund to SRC (updated)


KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has been charged for corruption and criminal breach of trust in a case linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.

Najib, 64, was charged with misusing his position as a government official to receive a RM42mil bribe as inducement to provide a sovereign guarantee on behalf of the Malaysian Government for a loan of RM4bil from the pension fund Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP) to SRC International Sdn Bhd.

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