Last-minute theatrics failed to save former Prime Minister Najib Razak from the lockup Tuesday as Malaysia’s highest court upheld his conviction in a 1MDB-related case and sent him to Kajang prison on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur to serve his 12-year sentence for corruption
Former Prime Minister Najib Razak cannot have a foreign lawyer represent him in his final appeal hearing next month against his conviction in a case related to the 1MDB financial scandal, a court ruled Thursday