Former prime minister Najib Razak has found himself under arrest yet again by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission authorities this cloudy Monday over alleged 1MDB report tampering.
Arriving at the anti-graft commission鈥檚 headquarters in Putrajaya at 11am this morning for questioning, he was reportedly placed under arrest within two hours.
Sources have leaked to online media portal Malaysiakini that they , providing he can pay the amount set by the courts.
Both he and former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy are expected to be charged in court Wednesday.
Last month, auditing investigators revealed that pages of the report were allegedly removed from the final version that was published while the former PM was still in office. Most of the missing pages pertained to fugitive financier Jho Low, with those calling it 鈥渁 sensitive issue.鈥
Auditor general Madinah Mohamad revealed that the orders to edit the report came from Shukry Salleh, who was Najib鈥檚 private secretary; however, several other individuals have been questioned in the case, including the former auditor general, the former chief secretary to the government, as well as the former 1MDB CEO.
