<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><font color="#222222" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak charged with corruption</span></font></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times new roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was charged with corruptiontoday for allegedly accepting millions of dollars in bribe money. He facesthree counts of criminal breach of trust and one count of abuse of power. MrNajib has been accused of pocketing 10.4 million US dollar from the statedevelopment fund 1MDB. He has denied wrongdoing.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times new roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> A new investigation beganafter his shock election defeat in May. Mr Najib was arrested byanti-corruption authorities yesterday and spent the night in detention. 1MDB,set up by Mr Najib in 2009, was meant to turn the capital, Kuala Lumpur, into afinancial hub and boost the economy through strategic investments.</span></p><br />