Malaysia 1MDB: Seized Cash and Goods 'Worth $273m'
Malaysian police seized $273m worth of goods from properties linked to ex-PM Najib Razak.
Malaysian police seized $273m worth of goods from properties linked to ex-PM Najib Razak. The 大象传媒's Karishma Vaswani in Singapore explains the latest twist in the ongoing 1MDB corruption investigation in Malaysia. Also in the programme, our regular economic commentator Irwin Stelzer of the Hudson Institute assesses the latest salvos in the trade dispute between President Donald Trump and countries around the world. We report from Turkey on the impact millions of Syrian refugees are having on the local population. We hear from Uganda, where the UN's World Food Programme recently rejected shipments of Ugandan maize, saying they were unfit for human consumption. Plus our reporter examines the economic impact of sleep deprivation.
(Picture: Some of the jewellery seized in raids in Malaysia. Picture credit: EPA.)
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