""It must be appreciated that the accused... stood at the very apex of the decision-making process with regard to matters in 1MDB," Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah said. "To entertain the belief that officers subordinate to him in the hierarchy would willingly and knowingly conspire against a sitting prime minister of the day, together with Jho Low who did not even hold an official position in 1MDB, would be to stretch the imagination into the realms of pure fantasy.""
""Investigators have claimed Najib received hundreds of millions of dollars from 1MDB. The court also dismissed the narrative presented by Najib's defense, which insisted that the defendant believed funds in his account were donations from the Saudi royal family. Judge Sequerah noted that Najib, while serving as prime minister, would have had all the necessary resources to verify this claim.""
A Malaysian court found Najib Razak guilty on additional abuse-of-power charges connected to the 1MDB investment fund scandal. The verdict includes multiple counts of corruption and money laundering and the judge is still delivering the lengthy ruling. Najib apologized for mishandling the scandal but denied other wrongdoing, saying he was misled by fund officials and fugitive businessman Jho Low. The judge rejected the defense that funds were Saudi donations and highlighted Najib's position and ability to verify such claims. The ruling could test the survival of the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
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