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Malaysian judge: 1MDB plunder dwarfed Attila the Hun

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A Malaysian judge has stated that the scale of plunder from the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal, involving former Prime Minister Najib Razak, was so immense that it made historical figures like Attila the Hun appear comparatively innocent. The judge, Collin Lawrence Sequerah, detailed this in his 809-page grounds of judgment, issued after convicting Najib on charges related to the sovereign wealth fund. Najib, who served as Prime Minister from 2009 to 2018, is already serving a prison sentence for a separate conviction linked to the same scandal. AI

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Malaysian judge: 1MDB plunder dwarfed Attila the Hun

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Bloomberg ·

    Najib’s 1MDB plunder made Attila the Hun ‘look like a choirboy’: Malaysian judge

    The judge who convicted former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak over the 1MDB scandal said the plunder of the sovereign wealth fund was so vast that it eclipsed the exploits of Attila the Hun, one of history’s most notorious conquerors. “The scale of the plunder that took pla…

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