the corruption trial of former malaysia and prime minister najib razak starts today.rning, asia. hello, world. it's wednesday, welcome to asia business report. the start off with the ongoing us— china trade dispute. negotiations aimed at ending the dispute are set to get under way again later this wednesday. the talks in washington between the us and china, against a backdrop of a warning from the world trade organisation of the impact of this ongoing conflict. we are not in good shape at this point in time. if trade tensions continue to increase, we could see an even more significant dampening effect on the global economy and trade expansion so global economy and trade expansion so let's all work to avoid that. earlier, i asked so let's all work to avoid that. earlier, iasked market so let's all work to avoid that. earlier, i asked market analyst margaret yang what she thought. the world bank and imf have both slashed down global economic growth with trade conflicts between the us and china of particular concern. does it matter to the negotiators? both china and the

stands trial. -- around the world, najib razak stands trial. —— shockwaves around the world. on the share markets in asia it's looking pretty steady as investors keep a close eye on those trade talks that get underway in washington later today. the us and china are said to be nearing a deal with only a few sticking points left. as a show of goodwill, head of this round of negotiations, china's finance ministry said it would continue to suspend tariffs in imposed last year on american cars and car parts. china's also agreed to by a substantial amount of goods and some reports have put it at $1.2 trillion stop it is thought to be agricultural products that are a high priority. they say chinese firms have had unfair advantages and these include subsidising of industry, limiting access and alleged theft of international property. and let's remind ourselves of the tariff figures — the us has slapped import taxes on $250bn worth of chinese goods and china has done the same on $110 billion of american products. those tit for tat tariffs are having an effect not only on trade between

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we're moving to other news and the corruption trial of former malaysian prime minister najib razak has begun in the capital kuala lumpur he is accused of stealing close to seven hundred million dollars from a state investment fund the first of several cases against energy who faces more than forty charges including money laundering he does deny any wrongdoing let's check in with florence lowey who's outside the court in kuala lumpur one of these cases that's got everything isn't it florence huge sums of money and a former prime minister. that's right it's already been described as a talker see at its worst this entire one m.t.b. financial scandal and there's a lot of international interest in this and this particular trial only involves seven out of forty two charges that not your face is in total and it only deals with the more than ten million dollars allegedly transferred into his bank account out of the more than six hundred seven hundred million dollars that he's alleged to have pocketed this money is alleged to come from a former subsidiary company of one m. d. and the significan

to the corruption trial of former malaysian prime minister najib razak now that began in kuala lumpur a few hours ago but has now been adjourned for two weeks and he was accused of being involved in the disappearance of four and a half billion dollars from a state investment fund denied seven charges of money laundering done on corruption related to claims he pocketed more than ten million from one of the funds companies this is just the first of several cases against a misfortune reports now from kuala lumpur. this trial marks the first time a former prime minister of malaysia has been put in the dock to answer allegations of wrongdoing and the lead prosecutor in this case the attorney general open to submissions by so reminding the court that when the alleged offenses took place was not only prime minister of this country he was also the finance minister and he therefore had maximum political power as well as full control of the nation's purse this particular case involves seven charges totaling about ten million dollars that much of his alleged pocketed so it's really just a fracti

the form of malaysian prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to crimes charges against him at the start of his corruption trial in kuala lumpur is accused of being involved in the losing of four and a half billion dollars from a state investment fund and denied seven challenges of money laundering and corruption related to claims he pocketed more than ten million from one of the phones companies it is the first of several cases against him florence louis is there outside the court in kuala lumpur. the one m.t.v. financial scandal has been described as a talker see at its worst this particular trial involves the alleged transfer of more than ten million dollars into a former prime minister not a snow bank account from a company known as s.r.c. international a former subsidiary of one and the so really it's just a fraction of the hundred million dollars but not it is alleged to be c. and also just a fraction of the forty two charges he faces in toto now that's been books written and documentaries made about one m.d.c. but this trial will help to put on the public record and i

ninety days until the elections are held on the corruption trial of former malaysian prime minister najib razak which began in kuala lumpur a few hours ago and has now been adjourned for two weeks he's accused of being involved in the disappearance of four and a half billion dollars from the state investment fund. charge which he denies. venezuela's opposition leaders remaining defiant even their politicians loyal to president nicolas maduro have stripped him of his immunity from prosecution it means one could now be charged with violating the constitution after declaring himself interim president more with our latin american edison and. venezuela one country with two rival assemblies delegates to the controversial constituent assembly which is loyal to president nicolas maduro needed no convincing voted overwhelmingly to strip opposition leader of his legislative immunity. that the next step is for the supreme court to begin a trial that can be accompanied by an arrest warrant or other precautionary measures why do is accused of public office the trial of the nation's taking money that belongs

the corruption trial of the former malaysian prime minister najib razak will get underway soon and seesrom malaysia's sovereign wealth fund 1mdb. the current prime minister mahathir mohamad reopened investigations after he defeated mr najib in elections last may. our south asia correspondent jonathan head is in kuala lumpur. it is a very complex scandal. the amounts of money arejust staggering. the usjustice department estimates $4.5 billion went missing from this government run investment fund, swiss authorities think it might even be higher. these are very flamboyant malaysia finance year, he was considered the kingpin in this negotiation of funds. the former prime minister, najib rajak, set up the fund, he supervised it in his role as finance minister and is alleged to have received significant sums of money himself. this trial today is the first of, we think, at least three that have already been scheduled, maybe many more. these are seven charges, money—laundering, criminal breach of trust, corruption, out of a2. this relates to only one of the businesses involved in this governmen

the corruption trial of former malaysian prime minister najib razak which got underway in kuala lumpur a few hours ago has been adjourned for two weeks he's accused of being involved in the disappearance of four and a half billion dollars from a state fund pleaded not guilty to seven charges of money laundering and corruption and he did related to claims he pocketed more than ten million dollars from one of the funds companies it's the first of several cases against the florence lawyer for staff from kuala lumpur. criminal breach of trust money laundering and abuse of power just three of dozens of charges facing the former prime minister of malaysia not to present the last few years of his administration had been overshadowed by allegations money had been stolen from the state investment fund setup known as one and the. cabinet ministers who questioned him was sacked or made to resign but investigators cleared him of wrongdoing then last may he became the first leader of i'm not the party that has ruled malaysia since it gained independence more than sixty years ago to lose an election

multibillion dollar corruption scandal former prime minister najib razak take the stand. and support the italian footballer who received an unexpected response from his own teammate after being racially abused by rival fans. algeria's former president has issued a statement asking for forgiveness for any mistakes he's made eighty two year old jealousies beautifully to step down on tuesday after weeks of protests the speaker of the upper house is an ally is expected to take its place until elections are held within ninety days matheson reports. hours after president of the disease beautifully had his twenty years in power ended the search for g.b. his new leader has begun the constitution says this man. the speaker of the parliament is eligible to be caretaker president for up to ninety days during which an election for a new president is expected some critics say that people won't accept a salary as a temple to relieve him because he's a long time beautifully. the slogans were very clear they were calling. war of the departure of as well so the algerians don't want the tr

and malaysia's former prime minister najib razak goes on trial on corruption charges. the twenty year rule of algeria's president is over at the disease but a freak that has resigned following weeks of nationwide protests well now the focus is on what happens next with the leadership that's divided the country as how to yet reports. it's the moment millions of had been demanding in a rare public appearance of frail looking abilities but a flieger handed over his resignation letter to the head of the constitutional council and seeing his twenty year rule as president how those area his statement was read on state television the eighty two year old said this decision is triggered by my eagerness to prevent that verbal excesses that unintentionally marked the situation turn into potentially dangerous drifts the resignation came shortly after the country's army chief warrant of immediate action to remove the president from office well after this i said that the show would use very once again we emphasize that our effort to solve this crisis is based on our allegiance to th

prime minister najib razak got on the way in kuala lumpur a few hours ago but it's now been adjourned for two weeks he's accused of being involved in the disappearance of four point five billion dollars the state's investment fund the g pleaded not guilty. now with six days to go before israel's general election attention is focused on the battle for reelection by prime minister binyamin netanyahu he needs the help of smaller parties to see off his main challenger former army chief benny gantz harry foresaw reports from occupied east jerusalem. it's a packed night at a sports bar in west jerusalem but the screens aren't showing leo messi or cristiana and although the largely young crowd has come instead to see a new star player in the why reform of moshe fagan whose surge in the polls has been one of the stories of the israeli election when he is proposing something very liberal the legalization of marijuana i personally don't smoke but i think in today's world it has to be legalized. fagan's libertarian message goes beyond marijuana to separating religion and state ending the militar

the corruption trial of the former malaysian prime minister najib razak gets underway shortly. he is accused of stealing billions of dollars from the country's sovereign wealth fund 1mdb. it has become one of the world's greatest financial scandals. now on bbc news, stephen sackur talks to writer angie thomas on hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. when it comes to issues of race and racism, the gap between america's promise of equality and the reality of entrenched inequality seems depressingly wide. generations of black americans have made efforts to change that, so how far have they got? my guest today is angie thomas, a writer whose first novel electrified america with its unflinching betrayal of a teenage girl confronting police violence, inner—city gang culture, and a society rooted in discrimination. can hope win out over fear and hate? angie thomas, a warm welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. your books have been described as fiction for young adults. i mean, you're a young adult yourself, ijust wonder if you set out to write with a vision of your

following the story this is only the first of several trials that malaysia's former prime minister najib razak will have to face he's being charged with money laundering abuse of power and breach of trust . if you're convicted on only one of those charges the sixty five year old could face up to twenty years in prison the one of the abuse scandal sparked outrage among malaysians leading to the historic election results of last year that unseated the both unless you know the coalition that had left the country for sixty one years now the pressure is on for malaysia's new government under former prime minister marketeer mohammed to bring to justice those who are responsible for the scandal and to recover the embezzled funds altogether some four point five billion u.s. dollars but malaysia's finance minister has already admitted that realistically two thirds of that money is gone for good lucia the wife of chinese nobel peace laureate was freed after eight years of house arrest last year she then left china and these days lives here in berlin she's kept a low profile she has not been taking any i

format malaysian prime minister najib razak has arrived in court on corruption charges as sheaves accused of pocketing six hundred eighty one million dollars from the sovereign wealth fund one indeed b. he denies any wrongdoing is the first of several criminal proceedings against him and he faces forty two charges. britain's prime minister treason mayer's off the top as the leader of the opposition to try and break the deadlock of the brig's it u.k. is due to leave in ten days but so far parliament is not agreed on it was drawn deal canada's prime minister has expelled two former cabinet members he says undermined his leadership just introduce ban the former justice minister and the former treasury board chief from the ruling liberal party and barred him from running in the next election acustom of meddling in a criminal case involving an influential construction company today says the pair were undermining party unity ahead of october's elections well those are the headlines and the news continues here on al-jazeera after jerusalem a rock and a hard place and so what i think. there are n

hello from doha everyone i'm maria and this is the world news from malaysia's former prime minister najib razak goes on trial charged with corruption and money laundering. this is a decisive moment in the story of. national unity to deliver the national interest the british prime minister seeks another brags that turns to her political rival to help break the stalemate and venezuela's opposition leader valve's nothing is going to stop after he is stripped of his parliamentary immunity . so algerians of working up after a night of celebration following the resignation of president of the nazis but the flick the eighty two year old stepped down after weeks of protests calling for an end to his twenty year rule and the removal of the country's political elite the speaker of the upper house of parliament is expected to run the country for up to ninety days until elections can be held this report from. it's the moment millions of a jury and had been demanding in a rare public appearance of frail looking abilities beautifully handed over his resignation letter to the head of the constitutional counci

movement peacefully and god willing we will end it peacefully the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has arrived in court on corruption charges as he was accused of pocketing six hundred eighty one million dollars from the sovereign wealth fund one in the he denies any wrongdoing is the first of several criminal proceedings against nasheed in faces forty two charges. britain's prime minister to resign may has off the top of the leader of the opposition to try and break the deadlock of a brags that the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. in ten days but so far parliament's not agreed on was drawn agreement i've always been clear that we could make a success if no deal in the long term but leaving with a deal is the best solution so we will need a further extension of article fifty one that is as short as possible and which ends when we pass a deal and we need to be clear what such an extension is for to ensure we leave in a timely and orderly way this debate this division cannot drag on much longer. it is pushing members of parliament and everyone else under immense pressure is doing damage

for malaysian prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty at the start of his corruption trial in kuala lumpur he denied seven charges of money laundering and corruption related to the claims he pocketed millions of dollars from the state investment fund. and british prime minister theresa may says she will meets with the leader of the opposition to seek a breakthrough on brags that the u.k. is due to leave the european union in nine days but so far parliament hasn't agreed its withdrawal plan. but as well as opposition leader is still defiant to politicians loyal to president nicolas maduro stripped him of his immunity from prosecution that means one could now be charged with violating the constitution after declaring himself interim president more with our latin america editor. newman and caracas. venezuela one country with two rival assemblies delegates to the controversial constituent assembly which is loyal to president nicolas maduro needed no convincing voted overwhelmingly to strip opposition leader of his legislative immunity. that the next step is for the supreme cour

last week malaysia's former prime minister najib razak went on trial over one of the biggest corruption scandals the world has ever seen the media shorthand for the case is one and b b it involves a sovereign wealth fund by the same name that najib set up it lost billions almost seven hundred million dollars of which is alleged to have ended up in his own bank account the malaysian media are all over the story but it wasn't always that way under najib the government there were clear red lights that reporters and the news outlets they work for feared to cross and if not for a british journalist running a website out of london one business newspaper in kuala lumpur and a secret meeting that took place in singapore malaysians might not know about any of this listening posts flow phillips now with the media back story behind the one m.t.b. scandal. the big news coming trial of the former prime minister. run top all seven charges this course of this trial and all the media attention around it was probably the nothing new that wanted. it three years ago when he was still in power to try to th

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two other news in the form of malaysian prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to charges against him at the start of his corruption trial in kuala lumpur he is accused of stealing close to seven hundred million dollars from a state investment fund it is the first of several cases against g.m. who faces more than forty charges including money laundering the latest now at ford's louise she's at the court in kuala lumpur bring us up to date florence. right to the court where already two hours into the trial not arrived about five minutes before the trial was due to start cause of his supporters were already waiting and as soon as he stepped out of the car supporters greeted him with shouts of course who which translates to my boss now the prosecution is being led by the attorney general himself and he opened the case by saying this is the first time a former prime minister of malaysia has been made to on allegations of corruption in a court of law he also made the point that when not to present his alleged mit's at these offenses he was not only the prime minister of this co

last week malaysia's former prime minister najib razak went on trial over one of the biggest corruption scandals the world has ever seen the media shorthand for the case is one m.t.b. it involves a sovereign wealth fund by the same name that najib set up it lost billions almost seven hundred million dollars of which is alleged to have ended up in his own bank account the malaysian media are all over the story but it wasn't always that way under the james government there were clear red lights that reporters and the news outlets they work for feared to cross and if not for a british journalist running a website out of london one business newspaper in kuala lumpur and a secret meeting that took. yes in singapore malaysians might not know about any of this listening post flow phillips now with the media back story behind the one and d.b. scandal. the big news coming trial of former prime. right rusty talk also chargers this course of this trial and all the media attention around it was probably the last thing najib razak wanted. three years ago when he was still in power he tried to throw

joining us here at the listening post today thanks wayne last week malaysia's former prime minister najib razak went on trial over one of the biggest corruption scandals the world has ever seen the media shorthand for the case is one m.t.b. it involves a sovereign wealth fund by the same name that najib set up it lost billions almost seven hundred million dollars of which is alleged to have ended up in his own bank account the malaysian media are all over the story but it wasn't always that way under the jeeves government there were clear red lights that reporters and the news outlets they work for feared to cross and if not for a british journalist running a website out of london one business newspaper in kuala lumpur and a secret meeting that took. yes in singapore malaysians might not know about any of us but listening posts flow phillips now with the media back story behind the one and b.b. scanned. the big news coming up on my price. point right ross to talk also chargers this course of this trial and all the media attention around it was probably the last thing najib razak wanted. three y

militias multi-billion dollar corruption scandal the former prime minister najib razak takes to the stand. and in the sports news russell westbrook produces a game winning and history making performance in the n.b.a. . the nato secretary general u.n. stoltenberg is due to address the u.s. congress in the next few minutes a speech comes as the security lines marks its seventieth anniversary russia relations terrorism and the sharing of resources are on the agenda that's the scene live now at the u.s. congress now on tuesday mr stoltenberg met the u.s. president on from mr trump again pressured nato countries to increase their defense spending joining us live as our diplomatic editor james bays james hi there what do we think the key takeaways going to be. well seventy years ago nato was founded seventy years on thursday you actually have a summit taking place here to mark that but it's actually foreign ministers not the heads of government and heads of state of nato and i think that shows you one of the biggest problems that nato faces and that biggest problem is president trump himself i

joining us here at the listening post today thanks wayne last week malaysia's former prime minister najib razak went on trial over one of the biggest corruption scandals the world has ever seen the media shorthand for the case is one m.v.p. it involves a sovereign wealth fund by the same name that najib set up it lost billions almost seven hundred million dollars of which is alleged to have ended up in his own bank account the malaysian media are all over the story but it wasn't always that way under the jeeves government there were clear red lights that reporters and the news outlets they work for feared to cross and if not for a british journalist running a website out of london one business newspaper in kuala lumpur and a secret meeting that took. yes in singapore malaysians might not know about any of this listening post flow phillips now with the media back story behind the one and b.b. scanned. the big news coming up the former prime. right up to ross to talk also chargers this course of this trial and all the media attention around it was probably the last thing najib razak wanted. three

the corruption trial of former malaysian prime minister najib razak which got underway in kuala lumpur a few hours ago is now being adjourned for two weeks he's accused of being involved in the disappearance of four point five billion dollars from estate investment funds denied seven charges of money laundering and corruption related to claims he pocketed more than ten million dollars from one of the funds companies it's the first of several cases against him lawrence lowy has more from kuala lumpur. this trial marks the first time a former prime minister of malaysia has been put in the dock to answer allegations of wrongdoing and the lead prosecutor in this case the attorney general open to submissions by so reminding the court that when the alleged offenses took place was not only prime minister of this country he was also the finance minister and he therefore had maximum political power as well as full control of the nation's purse and this particular case involves seven charges totaling about ten million dollars that much of his alleged pocketed so it's really just a fraction of th

the corruption trial of the formulation prime najib razak, gets under way short.e is accused of stealing billions of dollars from the country's sovereign wealth fund, lmdb. it the country's sovereign wealth fund, imdb. it has the country's sovereign wealth fund, 1mdb. it has become one of the world's greatest financial scandals. facebook check his —— chief executive mark zuckerberg has insisted that the platform is making progress when it comes to the issue of self—harm material and social media. molly russell had packed her bags, ready for school. the following morning, her family found her. 0n social media, she looked at self harming sites, graphics, shocking and easily accessed. molly's father said he was in no doubt that instagram, which is owned by facebook, helped kill his daughter. today, facebook‘s founder, mark zuckerberg, was asked whether his company is doing enough to help keep young people safe online. well, there's a lot that we can do and a lot that we do. we are building our systems to become more proactive over time. but i know that this is a huge

the corruption trial of former malaysian prime minister najib razak which got underway in kuala lumpur a few hours ago is that i'll be joined for two weeks he's accused of being involved in the disappearance of for a half billion dollars estates burst on the jeep denies the charges. and libyan war. order is troops to move west in what looks like a show of force after all its fighters posted a video online showing a large number of heavily armed vehicles they say they headed west to fight what they call remaining terrorist groups just two weeks ago after i was on a state visit to saudi arabia where king reassured him of his support has more now from more than one head in tripoli so mahmoud is this hafter moving to take tripoli. well that's exactly what huff told us forces are saying now. that his forces are now located or positioned at around seventy kilometers to the east and south of the coastal city of sirte it but they cannot approach sit why because their forces are taken control of sirte and they cannot engage again as to misrata now have those forces are saying that they are dete

was the start of his trials after almost 11 months of the new government coming into power and najib razakgo, what are the main obstacles and fighting corruption and but can be done to eradicate it? it is very important to say first of all that it is very pervasive and entrenched problem and malaysia and probably many other countries but in malaysia we have had 61 years of unbridled rule where one coalition has been in power since independence in 1957 from the british. and has been a very long time. a whole lot of political power has actually come back to the coalition and powers so for example, the prime minister of malaysia at that time, also being the finance minister and so he not just wielded political power, he also had financial power. theyjust compromised and trampled upon many of the institutions and sell as checks and balances and so on till it became a problem that was probably very much real and at all levels of government, federal, state and local government. it with something that... do you think that this trial, the investigation and the unraveling of the scandal will change

the corruption trial of formal asian prime minister najib razak got underway in kuala lumpur a few hours ago which has now been adjourned two weeks he's accused of being involved in the disappearance of former half billion dollars from estate investment fund jeev denied seven charges of money laundering and corruption related to claims he pocketed more than ten million dollars for one of the funds companies it's the first of several cases against him lawrence louis has more from. this trial marks the first time a former prime minister of malaysia has been put in the dock to answer allegations of wrongdoing and the lead prosecutor in this case the attorney general opened his submissions by reminding the court that when the alleged offenses took place was not only prime minister of this country he was also the finance minister and he therefore had maximum political power as well as full control of the nation's purse and this particular case involves seven charges totaling about ten million dollars that much of his alleged pocketed so it's really just a fraction of the forty two charges he

change in power an interesting lee enough it brought back former prime minister and former mentor of najib razak marketeer mohamed in your force ran on the promise of draining the swamp before the sake of using that expression and to get to the bottom of this scandal sara. but we know the current prime minister has promised to recover the stolen money it's billions of dollars has he been making good on that vow while the government is certainly trying to just now they sold off a luxury yacht that was allegedly bought with those embezzled funds and they sold it off for one hundred twenty six million u.s. dollars also when the police raided some of the. properties a while back they recovered some three hundred million us dollars worth of luxury items jewelry watches and also cash but that's all just a drop in the ocean because as you said there's four point five billion u.s. dollars that are missing and the malaysian finance minister has already admitted that realistically they're only likely to get around one third of that amount back sara. and heartache thank you very much. now let's get a quick

the corruption trial of the former malaysian prime minister najib razak will get under way soon. rs from malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, 1mdb. the current prime minister, mahathir mohamad, reopened investigations after he defeated mr najib in elections last may. jonathan had as our south asia correspondent, he is in kuala lumpur right now. this has become one of the world's great financial scandals. it certainly has, mike. it is very complex scandal. the amounts of money arejust is very complex scandal. the amounts of money are just staggering. the us justice department estimates $4.5 billion went missing from this government run investment fund, swiss authorities think it might even be higher. these are very fla m boya nt even be higher. these are very flamboyant malaysia finance year, he was considered the jinping flamboyant malaysia finance year, he was considered thejinping in this negotiation of funds. —— kingpin. the former prime minister, najib rajak, set up the fund, he supervised it in his role as finance minister and is alleged to have received significant sums of mone

the corruption trial of the former malaysian prime minister najib razak will get underway later todayrs from the country's sovereign wealth fund 1mdb. the current prime minister mahathir mohamad reopened investigations after defeating mr najib in elections last may. iamjoint by i am joint byjonathan head for more on this. does makejoint. what is likely to happen in today's proceedings? rico, today is the first of what is likely to be a marathon on a series of trail hearings stretching out probably four years. there is a total of 42 charges against mr najib. today we have the first trial, which relates toa have the first trial, which relates to a company called src, that was a one—time subsidiary of 1mdb. they borrowed huge sums of money from the civil servants' pension borrowed huge sums of money from the civil serva nts' pension fund borrowed huge sums of money from the civil servants' pension fund and mr najib is alleged to have received funds by various routes in three tranches into his bank accounts at the end of 2014, beginning of 2015. he has been charged today with what they ca

last week malaysia's former prime minister najib razak went on trial over one of the biggest corruption scandals the world has ever seen the media shorthand for the case is one and b b it involves a sovereign wealth fund by the same name that najib set up it lost billions almost seven hundred million dollars of which is alleged to have ended up in his own back account the malaysian media are all over the story but it wasn't always that way under the jeeves government there were clear red lights that reporters and the news outlets they work for feared to cross and if not for a british journalist running a website out of london one business newspaper in kuala lumpur and a secret meeting that took place in singapore malaysians might not know about any of this listening posts flow phillips now with the media back story behind the one m.t.b. scandal. you will see this coming trial of the former prime minister. run top all seven charges this course of this trial and all the media attention around it was probably the nothing new that wanted. it three years ago when he was still in power to try

the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges and denies involvement in the multi-billion dollar one a m d b scandal this is the first of several cases against not cheap faces more than forty charges. now reports. a former prime minister accused of being involved in looting billions of dollars from the state not getting support here through prayer not chip is on trial for criminal breach of trust corruption and money laundering involving the alleged transfer of more than ten million dollars into his bank account if you got those you know it's called the view. not just you i'm looking forward to it because we've got a lot to say. prosecutors say the money came from s.r.c. international a former subsidiary of state investment fund one m d. and there are other accusations that he faces forty two charges in total most involving claims he pocketed nearly seven hundred million dollars from one and. he's due to stand trial for most of those may tenth this year. says he's the victim of a political vendetta orchestrated by the current government tha

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malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has gone on trial and his involvement of the multi—millionthe first of several criminal cases accusing him of millions of dollars from the fund and spending it on luxury goods and home renovations. mr najib pleaded not guilty to all charges on wednesday. i've been speaking to cynthia gabriel, head of malaysia's centre to combat corruption and cronyism about the scandal surrounding mr najib. malaysia is now in the spotlight, because of the former prime minister, and his many scandals and so yesterday was a very important day because it was the start of his trials after almost 11 months of the new government coming into power. and loss power in 2008. being the head of this ngo, what are the main obstacles and fighting corruption and what can be done to eradicate it? it is very important to say first of all that it is very pervasive and entrenched problem and malaysia and probably many other countries but in malaysia we have had 61 yea rs countries but in malaysia we have had 61 years of unbridled rule where one coalition has been in power since

without any education there seems to be any hope for their future for the malaysian prime minister najib razak is due to them on trial in the next few hours on corruption charges after a delay of nearly two months the trial is the first of several criminal proceedings against. the reports from one of the. criminal breach of trust money laundering and abuse of power just three of dozens of charges facing the former prime minister of malaysia not to present the last few years of his administration had been overshadowed by allegations money had been stolen from a state investment fund setup known as one and the. cabinet ministers who questioned him was sacked or made to resign but investigators cleared him of wrongdoing then last may he became the first leader of the party that ruled malaysia as it gained independence more than sixty years ago to lose an election and a new government led by mahathir mohamad reopened investigations into one and properties linked to niger were raided us he and his wife were banned from leaving the country while this new mission government i think came into power on

last week malaysia's former prime minister najib razak went on trial over one of the biggest corruption scandals the world has ever seen the media shorthand for the case is one m.t.b. it involves a sovereign wealth fund by the same name that najib set up it lost billions almost seven hundred million dollars of which is alleged to have ended up in his own back account the malaysian media are all over the story but it wasn't always that way.

in other news the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty the start of his corruption trial in kuala lumpur and denied seven charges of money laundering and corruption related to his claims that he pocketed millions of dollars from a state investment fund it is the first of several cases against foreign snowie has more from outside the court. one m.t.v. financial scandal has been described as the talk received at its worst this particular trial involves the alleged transfer of more than ten million dollars into former prime minister. personal bank account from a company known as s.r.c. international form a subsidiary of one so really it's just a fraction of the hundred million dollars but not to the sea and also just a fraction of the forty two charges he faces in tokyo the british prime minister theresa may says she will meet with the leader of the opposition jeremy coleman to seek a breakthrough on brags that the u.k. is due to leave the european union in nine days but so far parliament is not agreed on a withdrawal plan. venezuela's opposition leaders rem

peacefully and god willing we will end it peacefully in other news former malaysian prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty at the start of his corruption trial in the capital kuala lumpur is accused of stealing close to seven hundred million dollars from a state investment fund in the first of several cases against florence louis has more from outside the court. than one m.t.v. financial scandal has been described as the talk received at its worst this particular trial involves the alleged transfer of more than ten million dollars into former prime minister. was no bank account from a company known as s.r.c. international form a subsidiary of one so really it's just a fraction of one hundred million dollars but not to the sea and also just a fraction of the forty two charges he faces in tokyo the british prime minister theresa may says she will meet with the leader of the opposition jeremy corben to seek a breakthrough on breaks that the u.k. is usually of the european union in nine days but so far parliament has still not agreed on a withdrawal plan. and venezuela's opposition lead

which has been the focus of demonstrations the corruption trial of former malaysian prime minister najib razak got underway in kuala lumpur it's now been adjourned for two weeks is accused of being involved in the disappearance of four and a half billion dollars from the state's investment fund the june denies the charges . as whalers opposition leader is remaining defiant after politicians loyal to president nicolas maduro stripped him of his immunity from prosecution it means one way though could now be charged with violating the constitution of the cleric themself interim president. turkey's election board has approved recounts in almost a third of the stumbles districts after the ruling party disputed early election results in local elections the initial counting the stumble and the capital ankara shows the president's party on course to lose control of both cities and says voting irregularities affected the outcome of their world. isn't any good as it is viewed in the sheet music largely arsons. beyond this the end it took baines i'm sick that. they took the music that the arsons yani be

former malaysian prime minister najib razak goes on trial on corruption charges on wednesday after a delay of nearly two months as the first of several criminal proceedings against quietly reports on kuala lumpur. crimmin. breach of trust money laundering and abuse of power just three of dozens of charges facing the former prime minister of malaysia not to present the last few years of his administration had been overshadowed by allegations money had been stolen from a state investment fund setup known as one and the. cabinet ministers who questioned him was sacked or made to resign but investigators cleared him of wrongdoing then last may he became the first leader of the party that ruled malaysia says it gained independence more than sixty years ago to lose an election and a new government led by mahathir mohamad reopened investigations into one and properties linked to niger were raided us he and his wife were banned from leaving the country while this new government of being came into power on the back of strong with a backlash from what they perceived to be corruption and abuse

former prime minister has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges it is trial in kuala lumpur najib razak denies any involvement in the multi-billion dollar one m d b scandal that brought down his government as the headlines do stay with us witness is coming up next more news for you after that thanks for watching. good. of to. burden a. mole. alone. and to learn to live under the law and be. on. these colors of the sky. to drown them cling to from an issue for they're not. going near that thirty minutes and how my son lost him and i'm on a diet. found had been the knowledge to jonathan about the country. i decided to fly over by going to. a few nice to see videos of these clubs first. of all in the area when they don't have the from the officials and their flying. first time bob it was just me. first time and you know. this is my dream. don't you. think that yes. the. kicking dirt plan is going to be alone forever sitting in a plane and we slide for the whole group to bug. it and people from different countries who come from whole and some street. haunt germany and their mantra team. jus