Malaysia

From a Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), three billion dollars have disappeared under the supervision of Prime Minister Najib. Thousands of demonstrators now demanded his resignation.

Corruption scandal in Malaysia: Tens of thousands are demonstrating against Prime Minister Najib Razak. In the scandal of disappeared public money is also actor Leonardo DiCaprio involved.

Sweden, Executives at Ericsson are to be questioned by US investigators over allegations of bribery after whistleblowers - senior executives - claimed that the Swedish company had paid hundreds of millions of dollars of bribery payments to politicians worldwide between 1998 and 2001.

A former senior member of Malaysia's ruling party has been detained for six days in connection with activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy, state news agency Bernama reported late on Saturday, citing a police director.

Thousands gathered for a second day of protests on Sunday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak over a multi-million-dollar financial scandal, their spirits lifted by unexpected support from Malaysia's longest-serving leader.

alaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sacked his deputy and four other ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, and replaced the attorney general, in a bid to stifle questions over a Graft scandal at debt-laden state investment fund 1MDB.Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was dropped days after he publicly called on Najib to explain the scandal engulfing 1Malaysia Development Bhd [TERRN.UL], which has debts of more than $11 billion (£7 billion) and is being investigated for financial mismanagement and Graft.

The Malaysian government's crackdown on the media and dissenters widened on Friday, as the home ministry suspended publication of two leading financial newspapers over their reporting of alleged Graft at the country's troubled state investment fund.The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily were suspended for three months from July 27, just days after authorities blocked access to a website that has covered the scandal and has been critical of Prime Minister Najib Razak's government.T

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has ordered a Swiss merchant bank to close and fined two other banks for breaching anti-Money Laundering controls.

Malaysia's prime minister Najib Razak was today cleared of Corruption as the country’s top prosecutor ruled that nearly £500million he received in his bank account was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family.

How a jailed former banker and a lone British journalist broke a story that shook the world