Malaysian Probe Into Fund Scandal Stalls After PM Sacks Deputy

A Malaysian parliamentary investigation into a graft scandal at a state investment fund embroiling Prime Minister Najib Razak has been put on hold as cracks in the ruling party appeared to widen Wednesday. The allegations of extensive graft at the debt-laden fund are the biggest threat to Najib's credibility since he took office in 2009 and could threaten the grip his United Malays National Organization (UMNO) has kept on politics since independence in 1957. Najib sacked his deputy...

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