The DoJ had initially been scheduled to return the next payment of recovered funds to Malaysia on Feb 19. FMTNews Delay 1MDB DoJ
Sources told Reuters the delay in returning the funds was due to political uncertainty in the country.
He was replaced on Sunday by Muhyiddin Yassin, whose coalition includes the former ruling party that was voted out in 2018 amid accusations of corruption over 1MDB. Last May, the United States began returning some of the recovered funds. The first instalment was nearly US$200 million. American and Malaysian investigators have said Najib received about US$1 billion of the stolen 1MDB funds. He has pleaded not guilty and says he was misled by Malaysian financier Jho Low and other 1MDB officials.
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