Malaysian court fines Najib Razak $49M, 12 years in jail

28 Jul Malaysian court fines Najib Razak $49M, 12 years in jail

Posted at 23:18h in Video by chenyze

Malaysian court has sentenced former PM Najib Razak to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty on all seven counts in the first of several multi-million-dollar corruption trials. Bridget Welsh from the Asia Research Institute at the University of Nottingham in Malaysia explains.

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Bridget Welsh

Bridget Welsh is currently Honorary Research Associate with the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute Malaysia (UoNARI-M) based in Kuala Lumpur. She is also a Senior Research Associate of the Hu Feng Center for East Asia Democratic Studies of National Taiwan University and a Senior Associate Fellow of The Habibie Center. She specializes in Southeast Asian politics, with a focus on Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Indonesia. She is committed to fostering engagement, mutual understanding and empowerment.

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