Chinese Embassy: WSJ report accusing Beijing over 1MDB bailout 'groundless'


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 08 Jan 2019

Ng will waive extradition to the United States on Friday during an appearance in a court in Malaysia, according to his lawyer Marc Agnifilo.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Chinese Embassy here described a report accusing its government of trying to influence the investigation into the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal as being “groundless”.

Pooh-poohing the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, the embassy said China had adhered to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of another country all along.

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