PM rival demands he leave office

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said he had done nothing wrong in receiving hundreds of millions of dollars into his personal bank accounts, as a senior party rival called on him to step aside over a festering funding scandal.

Najib has so far weathered calls for him to quit over allegations of graft at state fund 1 Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, and his receipt of 2.6 billion ringgit ($607 million) in what he says was a political donation.

But pressure mounted on Najib as his United Malays National Organization gathered on Tuesday for its annual meeting, after UMNO's deputy leader called on members to remove a "cancer" from the long-ruling party that looks increasingly at risk of losing the next election in 2018.