KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's new Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin named the chief executive of CIMB Group as finance minister on Monday (March 9), and appointed a new head of the anti-graft commission investigating how billions of dollars went missing from sovereign fund 1MDB.
Sworn in a week ago, Muhyiddin emerged at the head of a new coalition after days of political chaos following the abrupt resignation of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad late last month.
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