Above clockwise from top left: Najib, Evelyn, their daughter,
Najib's response to the corruption accusations has been to tighten his grip
He knows it, Najib knows it and the people of Sarawak know it.
Najib's wife and Riza's mother,
Rosmah Mansor, is also charged in relation to 1MDB.
Below( front row): Brothers Shammas, Knorr, Aboud,
and Henschel at Najib's home, Tripoli, 1952.
It was announced by then Malaysian's Prime Minister, Najib Razak, in September 2010.
Above clockwise from top left: Najib, Evelyn, their daughter,
Brother Aboud and Najib's oldest son, 1952.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak set up 1MDB in 2009
and previously served as advisory board chairman.
This was the"point of real no return(for Najib), although he probably didn't see it," Rewcastle-Brown said.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has vowed not to give up on the search for the aircraft.
The cascade of negative stories continued however, and in July 2015, Najib took to Facebook to defend himself.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the government was trying
to identify the perpetrators and said they would be punished.
While he denied any wrongdoing, Najib ordered an investigation into the fund, and
the country's attorney general opened a case.
Clearly, his attempts to contain the scandal
were not working, and so Najib began to tighten his grip on Malaysian society.
He told a news conference last week Najib seemed to be getting popular on social
media because“he provides a lot of stories”.
In July 2018,
three years after the first stories had begun emerging about 1MBD, Najib was charged with four counts of corruption.
He told a news conference a week ago that Najib seemed to be getting popular on social
media because“he provides a lot of stories.”.
In a pre-recorded message posted on Twitter after his arrest, Najib said not all the accusations against him and his family were true.
While he might have
been able to contain the anger on the streets, Najib had underestimated the frustrations bubbling up within the Malaysian state.
Najib was ousted in an election in May last
year amid public fury over the alleged theft of US$4.5 billion from 1Malaysia Development Berhad(1MDB).
Najib was ousted in an election in May last
year amid public fury over the alleged theft of $4.5 billion from 1Malaysia Development Berhad(1MDB),
Indeed, Najib defied so many attempts to bring him down that it seemed
for a long time like he might hang on despite everything.
Najib was ousted in an election in May previous
year amid public fury over the alleged theft of $4.5 billion from 1Malaysia Development Berhad(1MDB).
On 30 August 2015, he and his wife, Siti Hasmah, attended the Bersih 4 rally,
which saw tens of thousands demonstrating for Najib's resignation.
Najib was ousted in an election in May last
year amid public fury over the alleged theft of $4.5 billion coming from 1Malaysia Development Berhad(1MDB).
An important part of this approach is the
1Malaysia Development(1MDB) sovereign wealth fund, which Najib said and others would be the
instrument of"pushing Malaysia into a developed nation.".
A key part of this approach was the
1Malaysia Development Berhad(1MDB) sovereign wealth fund, which Najib and others said would be instrumental
in“propelling Malaysia towards becoming a developed nation.”.
While UMNO had previously succeeded in appealing to ethnic Malays,
at the expense of Chinese and Indian voters, Najib emphasized a“multiracial, multi-religious” nation under the banner of 1Malaysia.
While UMNO had previously succeeded in appealing to ethnic Malays,
at the expense of Chinese and Indian voters, Najib emphasized a“multiracial,
multi religious” nation under the banner of 1Malaysia.