1MDB, The Truth Emerges

P. Gunasegaram, Independent Writer and Consultant

16-Mar-22 07:45

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FBI agent, Eric Van Dorn testified in the US courts alleging that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho had stolen USD1.42 billion from bond transactions that Goldman Sachs arranged for 1MDB while former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak also allegedly received USD756 million dollars from the same bond deal. P. Gunasegaram, Independent Writer and Consultant tells us if any of these revelations were new and why the ex- PM still has his fans. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

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