Jho Low indicted: Bankers knew he was close to ‘M01’, says US court filing
aliran.com - Jho Low and former banker Roger Ng have been indicted for conspiring to launder billions of US dollars in illegal proceeds and to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes, the US...
View ArticleJoseph Stiglitz: Goldman Sachs should repay profits made from 1MDB (video)
aliran.com - “Goldman Sachs’ role in this is unconsionable. Any sense of due diligence, even scratching the surface, would have shown what was going on. But the unbridled greed says we don’t want to...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs entangled in global 1MDB scandal (video)
aliran.com - With the indictment of two former senior Goldman Sachs bankers, accused by US prosecutors of paying bribes, stealing and laundering money from a Malaysian sovereign-wealth fund, the Wall...
View ArticleFormer Goldman Sachs CEO said to have been in 2009 1MDB meeting with Najib,...
aliran.com - Former Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein is said to have been in a 2009 meeting with the former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and now fugitive Jho Low....
View ArticleFalsification of 1MDB report appalling
aliran.com - It is a traitorous act of the highest degree. Patriot agrees with Utusan Malaysia’s criticism of former Prime Minister Najib Razak for allegedly ordering the falsification of the audit...
View Article1MDB scandal: ‘One of the greatest financial frauds in history’
aliran.com - The Financial Time’s Stefania Palma explains the corruption and money laundering inquiry at the state development and investment fund in which charges have been filed against two former...
View Article‘Very reasonable’ to ask Goldman to pay RM30bn for 1MDB (video)
aliran.com - CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout talks to Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng about the 1MDB scandal, the hunt for Jho Low, and the US$7.5bn his country is seeking from Goldman Sachs. The post...
View ArticleChina’s moral leadership is essential in an Asian Century
aliran.com - Patriot and G25 Malaysia welcome China’s role, along with a moral leadership in an eventual Asian Century, but China has to address certain concerns. A recent report (Wall Street Journal,...
View ArticlePaltry fine for 1MDB auditors just a rap on the knuckles
aliran.com - Aliran is taken aback by the paltry RM2.2m fine imposed by the Securities Commission against Deloitte for four breaches related to 1MDB. We are even more flabbergasted that Deloitte is...
View Article1MDB: The World’s Biggest Heist
aliran.com - It has been branded the world’s biggest heist – between 2009 and 2014 at least US$4.5bn was allegedly stolen from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB. At the centre of the scandal are...
View ArticleThose awkward moments: Memories of Najib in pictures
aliran.com - As the 1MDB scandal exploded, beleaguered former Prime Minister Najib Razak cut an increasingly forlorn figure on the international stage, looking distinctly out of place. CW looks back at...
View ArticleThe People v Najib Razak: Episode 1 – And so, it begins (podcast)
aliran.com - Ten years ago, Najib Razak took the prime minister’s seat. On 3 April, he took another seat. Patrick Teoh presents this report, produced by the Malaysian Insight. He is facing the first of...
View ArticleThe media backstory behind 1MDB corruption case (video)
aliran.com - As Malaysia’s former PM Najib Razak stands trial for kleptocracy, the media he tried to silence are out in force. Al Jazeera has the story. The Listening Post’s Flo Phillips reports on the...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 18: Bonds, Islamic bonds
aliran.com - Day 18 of Najib Razak’s 1MDB trial was all about the bonds that were raised by the Terengganu Investment Authority. Patrick Teoh presents for the Malaysian Insight. Yesterday, we heard how...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 19: The Mafia boss and his advisor
aliran.com - Yesterday, the court heard a short exchange of Italian words. Patrick Teoh presents for the Malaysian Insight. Shahrol Halmi called Jho Najib’s “consigliere” – an advisor to a mafia boss....
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 20: I will follow you
aliran.com - The 20th day of the trial began at 2pm and was a short one. Patrick Teoh presents for the Malaysian Insight. The court revisited how Najib had prevented the sovereign wealth fund from...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 21: Royal no-show
aliran.com - Najib was back in court on the morning of 16 October after pulling a no-show the previous day. Patrick Teoh presents for the Malaysian Insight. The court heard about another...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 22: The emperor’s three hats
aliran.com - Yesterday, we heard how Shahrol Halmi, the former 1MDB CEO, signed minutes of a meeting that he never attended because he believed ultimate power over 1MDB resided in Najib. And whatever...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial EP 23: I don’t know, ask Jho
aliran.com - Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard from former 1MDB CEO Shahrol Halmi about how he carried out instructions, no questions asked. Patrick Teoh presents for the Malaysian Insight. Today,...
View ArticleThe Najib Razak 1MDB Trial Ep 24: 1MDB was Najib, Najib was 1MDB
aliran.com - Najib Razak and 1MDB are synonymous, the company’s former CEO testified yesterday. Patrick Teoh presents for the Malaysian Insight. This was the reason Shahrol Halmi placed everything that...
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