Najib Razak’s 12-year sentence over 1MDB fraud vindicates critics
Under the former Malaysian prime minister’s rule, vocal activists and journalists were jailed and threatened
29 July 2020 - 13:10
Kuala Lumpur — Fahmi Reza was once sentenced to jail in Malaysia for portraying former prime minister Najib Razak as a clown. That image has now been updated and re-posted with “GUILTY” written across Najib’s eyes in red.
As Najib was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday in the first verdicts against him related to the multi-billion-dollar scandal over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) state fund, Fahmi was among the critics, investigators and journalists who welcomed it with relief...
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