E-Malaysian PM Najib faces 20 fresh charges over 1MDB case

KUALA LUMPUR - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged Thursday with more than 20 counts of corruption and money laundering in connection to the case of state investment fund 1MDB.

The prosecutors charged Najib with four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering, related to hundreds of millions of US dollars deposited into his personal account when he served as prime minister.

Najib was arrested again by the Malaysian Anti-corruption Commission (MACC) on Wednesday related to the 1MDB case before being transferred to the police for questioning on money laundering earlier Thursday.

Prosecutors has earlier charged Najib with criminal breach of trust, abuse of power and money laundering, all of which linked to a 42-million-ringgit (10.3-million-US dollar) deposit transferred into his personal bank account by SRC International, a former unit of 1MDB.

Najib has pleaded not guilty to the earlier charges.