Malaysian anti-corruption campaigners expressed concern Wednesday that the United States had returned $300 million in funds stolen from the ...
15 Apr 2020 09:19PMstolen from the scandal-hit 1MDB state fund to an"unelected" government.
On Tuesday the US Justice Department announced it had sent US$300 million stolen from the fund to Malaysia - and that it had now returned or helped the Southeast Asian nation recover more than US$1 billion in funds and assets lost in the fraud.The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism, a Malaysian activist group, welcomed the return of the funds, but said it was worried they were in the hands of an"unelected" government which had"ruthlessly seized power from the people".
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