KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's new Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin named the chief executive of CIMB Group as finance minister on Monday (March 9), and appointed a new head of the anti-graft commission investigating how billions of dollars went missing from sovereign fund 1MDB.
Sworn in a week ago, Muhyiddin emerged at the head of a new coalition after days of political chaos following the abrupt resignation of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad late last month.
Earlier on Monday, the prime minister's office announced the appointment of Azam Baki as the new chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission, after the resignation of Latheefa Koya last week following Mahathir's resignation. The new lineup also includes Mustapa Mohamed, a former trade minister, as a minister in the prime minister's department in charge of the economy.
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