<span style="color: #222222;">Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing new charges linked to a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal that contributed to his shock election defeat in May. <br />''<br />''Najib was charged with three counts of money-laundering over claims he pocketed over 10 million US dollars when he appeared in Court.  He faces up to 15 years in jail for each charge.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The charges are in addition to the charges he faced last month after he was first arrested — three for criminal breach of trust and a separate count that he abused his position to take the money. He faces up to 20 years in jail for each of those charges. <br />''<br />''Malaysia's new government is probing allegations that billions of dollars were looted from state fund which was set up by Najib, in a sophisticated fraud.</span><br />''  <br />