MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The incumbent prime minister is facing accusations that he misappropriated over $600 million from the state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
"A vote of non-confidence is necessary now because Najib has made BN [the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition] members of parliament beholden to him by giving them lucrative posts in the government… [But a number of lawmakers] do not believe the nonsensical explanations about the disappearance of 1MDB money or the RM2.6 billion [$630 million] in Najib’s private account," Mahathir, prime minister between 1981 and 2003, wrote on Thursday in his official blog.
Najib Razak, prime minister since 2009, has denied the allegations, calling them "political sabotage," and halted the investigation into corruption claims, dismissing several lawmakers, including Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
