NEW YORK: Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was named as one of several officials listed by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho as needing to be “paid off” for approval to raise and spend billions of dollars for state investment fund 1MDB, former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner told a US court this week.
On the list were officials from Malaysia and Abu Dhabi, Leissner testified, including Najib and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, reported Bloomberg.
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