Rosmah Mansor, the luxury-loving “Malaysian Imelda Marcos” and wife of disgraced former prime minister Najib Razak, was formally charged with 17 offences, including money-laundering, on Thursday as investigators appeared to be significantly widening their probe into the multibillion-dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corruption scandal. She pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Dressed in an orange floral baju kurung and a bright orange headscarf, the self-styled “First Lady of Malaysia” arrived at court after spending the night in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s lock-up.
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