Malaysia Charges Wife of Former PM with Receiving Bribes
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Malaysia on Thursday charged Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former prime minister Najib Razak, with receiving bribes of 189 million ringgit ($45.12 million) from a company pitching for a government project.
Prosecutors who charged Rosmah with two counts of corruption said the payments concerned a 1.25-billion-ringgit ($298-million) solar project in schools in Malaysia’s eastern state of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, Reuters reported.
She pleaded not guilty to both the charges.
Malaysia's new government has stepped up prosecution of Najib and other former officials over the 1MDB scandal and other alleged graft cases since its stunning electoral victory in May that led to the country's first change of power since independence from Britain in 1957.
