TEHRAN, November 13 - Trade tensions between the United States and China will create a “domino effect” and prompt other countries to turn protectionist, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, November 05 - The former leader of a resource-rich eastern Malaysian state was charged Monday with allegedly receiving bribes for the award of timber concessions amid a widening crackdown on abuse by former officials.
TEHRAN, November 02 - US officials have unveiled criminal charges against two former Goldman Sachs bankers over the scandal-plagued Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, raising fresh questions about corporate culture at the prestigious investment bank.
TEHRAN, October 25 - Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak was charged with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving government funds worth more than $1.5 billion on Thursday, adding to the 32 charges he already faces for money laundering and graft.
TEHRAN, October 19 - Malaysia's former deputy prime minister was charged Friday with abuse of power, corruption and money laundering involving millions of dollars in another graft investigation against leaders ousted in shock election results earlier this year.
TEHRAN, October 04 - The wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najjib Razak pleaded not guilty Thursday to laundering illegal proceeds linked to the graft scandal at the 1MDB state investment fund that led to her husband's shocking electoral loss.
TEHRAN, October 03 - Malaysian anti-graft authorities on Wednesday arrested former first lady Rosmah Mansor, who will spend a night in detention before being taken to court to face money-laundering charges.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Speaking in a meeting with the Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Bin Mohamad on Wednesday in New York on the sideline of the UN General Assembly session, Rouhani hailed the steps taken to cement relations between the two countries in different fields such as energy, joint ventures, and scientific cooperation.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Malaysian prosecutors charged former Prime Minister Najib Razak with 21 counts of money laundering and four counts of abuse of power on Thursday over hundreds of millions of dollars received in his personal bank account.
TEHRAN, September 19 -Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested the country’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak amid new corruption charges over $628 million allegedly siphoned off from state investment fund 1MDB.
TEHRAN, September 10 - A Singapore court ordered the return to Malaysia of about S$15.3 million ($11.1 million), just a small portion of total seized in the city state as part of a probe into transactions linked to scandal-hit state fund 1MDB, lawyers for the fund and the Malaysian government said on Monday.
TEHRAN, September 10 - A Singaporean court has ordered the return of 15.3 million Singapore dollars ($11.1 million) linked to the indebted 1MDB Malaysian state investment fund.
TEHRAN, August 27 -Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday declared that foreigners will not be granted visas to live in the giant Forest City real estate project on the country’s southern tip, a major threat to the marketing strategy for the development.
TEHRAN, August 27 - Malaysia will not allow foreigners to buy residential units in the $100-billion Forest City project in its southern state of Johor bordering Singapore, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday.
TEHRAN, August 21 -Nearly 500 flights will be affected when Malaysia closes the airspace near its major international airport every morning for five days next week to prepare for independence day celebrations, the transport ministry said.
TEHRAN, August 20 -Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday he believed China would sympathize with his country’s “internal fiscal problems” as he seeks to renegotiate, or potentially cancel, more than $20 billion in Chinese-funded projects.
TEHRAN, August 13 - Malaysia is seeking to repossess a $35 million private jet owned by financier Low Taek Jho as part of investigations into a multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said.
TEHRAN, August 7 - Malaysia's embattled former prime minister Najib Razak will be charged on Wednesday under a money-laundering act, the anti-graft agency said, in connection with a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).