Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib arrested

DATUK Seri Najib Tun Razak has been arrested by graft investigators over the “tampering” of the 1MDB final audit report.

The former prime minister was arrested at around 11am (10am in Cambodia) at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters, minutes after he arrived for a fresh round of questioning over the issue.

Najib was seen entering the MACC headquarters at around 10:42am on Monday.

MACC sources however said that he would be released if he can come up with money for bail.

On November 25, Auditor-General Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad said that parts of the 1MDB final audit report were removed. These sections mentioned the presence of fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Lo.

She revealed that the directive to make the changes came from Tan Sri Shukry Salleh, who was then the principal private secretary to Najib when he was prime minister.

The changes to the 1MDB report were made on February

26, 2016 on grounds that it was a “sensitive issue”.